MILO
148 posts
Feb 02, 2007
5:44 PM
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Hi guys.
I was so motivated with all of the great positive threads going on lately, and the wealth of information that was being shared on the site, that I decided to fly my birds after many months of lockdown. I am very excited to say that a total 12 birds from my A team came back! Isn't that great?!! On an even more positive note, only 6 of those gone could really roll very well, the other two were just above average. I only had two Peregrines and one Cooper hawk attack. I feel so lucky! I can't tell you how happy I am to be raising these rollers. I look forward to losing more tomorrow, and the day after! Just for fun, I pulled out the calculator and came up with some great figures... So much to look forward to! Assuming I live another 35 years, and given the percentages lost over the past five years I have a general figure. Upon the hour of my passing, I have estimated that I will have lost (with a slight annual rate of acceleration) approximately 1,437 pretty darn good rollers. Boy I tell you, all the warm comraderie of the sport and the great moments...I just love it. Hope you are all having as much fun as me.
c
Last Edited by on Feb 02, 2007 5:45 PM
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
1135 posts
Feb 02, 2007
5:49 PM
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Well then move your booze shillin' ass out of tree hugger central then...lol.
Bummer on the birds though, that blows. If it is any concellation, I had four coopers, one redtail and a falcon playing aerial dodge ball with my kit on Sunday, only the falcon got one though after it was all said and done and only one didn't come back, but did a few days later. Turn that frown upside down...lol
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Jimbo113
63 posts
Feb 02, 2007
6:03 PM
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Milo,
That sucks hard amigo. Are you blessed with them how many months of the year?? Mine should be leaving soon (not soon enough).
Jimbo
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"We Don't Rent Pigs"
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belle
146 posts
Feb 02, 2007
6:04 PM
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I hate to tell everyone that I only have one cooper living down the road and only comes around about 1-2 times a month and he is not very good at pigeon hunting. I never had to lockdown this year. Have fun lol
Last Edited by on Feb 02, 2007 6:05 PM
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MILO
150 posts
Feb 02, 2007
6:43 PM
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Hey Jimbo.
I get, well, 5 free months of flying. Tops. It gets less and less every year though.
c
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birdman
306 posts
Feb 02, 2007
7:05 PM
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Milo,
Time to breed some white rumps onto those dark checks...LOL
Seriously though, there's a report somewhere on the internet about a study on pigeons with white rumps being better able to evade perregrine falcons. Something about the pigeon's white rump area confuses the falcon and enables the pigeon to escape a high percentage of attacks. The ones without the white rumps were falcon lunch almost every time.
I found it:
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/05.05/01-pigeon.html
Russ
Last Edited by on Feb 02, 2007 7:09 PM
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Ballrollers
648 posts
Feb 02, 2007
7:34 PM
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Milo,
Depends where you choose to live, Milo. I flew four kits today, as I have every weekend....no hawks. I realize I am blessed, but I can fly and breed all year 'round if I choose to. It was not like this where I lived before. Location is everything.
YITS,
Cliff
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motherlodelofts
1370 posts
Feb 02, 2007
7:50 PM
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Milo , Cliff nailed it , some areas are good for flying while others are imposible.
I have been flying hawk free since November once the migration was over , which is weak here anyway , I fly birds every day weather and time permiting.
My local Redtaile are screwing with them a bit , that will change once the Voles come out once it warms a bit , besides it keeps them on their toe's for once the preds start migrating back through.
Scott
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George Ruiz
177 posts
Feb 02, 2007
9:21 PM
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Location is everything since I relocated I feel as if I got new lease on bird flying
I will keep my fingers crossed and hope it stays this way.
Milo one thing I can say no one will ever win a World CuP or Fall Fly that lives in the Los Angeles area, between Oct and April if you let one roller out it dead for sure!
George
Last Edited by on Feb 02, 2007 9:22 PM
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MILO
151 posts
Feb 02, 2007
9:24 PM
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I hear that George. I know there are good birds there too.
c
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Velo99
898 posts
Feb 03, 2007
6:56 AM
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Welcome to Amarillo Tx.
No preds to speak of,inexpensive housing, lotsa work.There are lots of "country" homes available with 1 to 5 acres.
I fly 300 or so days a year!
yits
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V99
Good spinners don`t always
make good breeders.
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
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silentroll
30 posts
Feb 03, 2007
9:41 AM
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to tell you the truth...riverside CA, have lots of hawks...
the type that would go for rollers...
Aaron....
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W@yne
240 posts
Feb 03, 2007
10:05 AM
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Welcome to Amarillo Tx.
No preds to speak of,inexpensive housing, lotsa work
Just been checking the house prices v99 you can get a awsome house 4 bedrooms 3 bathrooms for the same price as a lousy terraced house in the uk. Boy this country is a rip off.
regards W@yne uk
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Velo99
899 posts
Feb 03, 2007
10:54 AM
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Yeah Wayne.
There are some pretty good builders here.
One can get a new house from 120k for 1500sft all the way to 500k for some small acreage and a 2500 sft house. Most of the higher end have isolated master,w/p tub,3 car garage, granite counters in kitchen. It`s a buyers market right now.Lotsa houses sitting just waiting for a familiy and some rollers in the back yard. Could probably get a loft thrown in for nothing if you buy a big one. I remember a builder built who a huge dollhouse for a buyers daughter in the backyard to close the deal.
yits
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V99
Good spinners don`t always
make good breeders.
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
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Steve_uk
73 posts
Feb 03, 2007
1:21 PM
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Velo whats the work situation like for electricians?
I would love to emigrate but its just having the bollox to actually do it.
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916birds
15 posts
Feb 03, 2007
2:13 PM
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wow,
every1, that makes me feel great just to know that my backyard is open to hawks attacking my birds every other day, and to help it out i have falcon attacks as well......... but i try...!
Vu-
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Velo99
901 posts
Feb 03, 2007
3:14 PM
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Steve,
Most of the electricians I know are busy most of the time. There are a couple of union shops that do the big industrial jobs and there are a whole slew of residential/commercial ones.One of my electrician friends told me the other day, the reason he doesn`t have another crew is he can`t find qualified help. There ya go. I could probaly help you find something if you`re serious.
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V99
Good spinners don`t always
make good breeders.
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
Last Edited by on Feb 03, 2007 3:16 PM
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Steve_uk
74 posts
Feb 03, 2007
3:33 PM
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Velo i would love to move out there but at this minute in time i dont think i have the balls.
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Spud
70 posts
Feb 03, 2007
4:22 PM
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Steve, best thing to do is come on over for a visit. That's what WHP did, and the rest is history!
Spud
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MILO
154 posts
Feb 04, 2007
11:16 PM
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Hey Luis.
She flew 30 feet over my house. She does it every time. She taunts me. Can't tell you how bad I want to. If she falls in someones yard, I'm cooked. No joke. They are more special than people around here. And have more rights...LOL
c
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