I had a terrible day of flying the birds today.  Maybe they got a good workout, or maybe I’m making more rooking mistakes I don’t know.  Either way, I’m not real happy with today’s results.

This morning I released the birds at 7:03am and the timer had the first bird trap at 7:56am.  This was a speed of 811.6588 yards/min (YPM).  The distance back to the loft is 24.442 miles on this toss.  Very poor speed, I felt like I wanted to see some better performance out of the birds, so I took them back out this evening.

I went back to a familiar spot for the birds.  My 50 mile (54.112) toss point.  I wanted to get there earlier so they could make it back before dark.  Only problem was that instead, they were battling the heat.  I released the birds at 5:06pm.  The temperature was about 86 degrees.  Fairly hot, but not as hot as it has been.  My first bird didn’t trap until 7:05pm.  A very slow return with a speed of 800.3119 yards/min (YPM).  They all had mud on their feet so they definitely stopped off for a break on the way home.

Not sure what my game plan for the rest of the week will be, but I’ll give them a break in the morning.   To top it off, there is still 3 birds out.  (Discouraged)

Morning release video:

Evening release video: