Getting closer

Well not much to report as of yet. She is taking to the hood a lot better, and not as hard to get on the fist in the mews. We did about 20 jump ups with a reward each hop. Took her to work first time this season. Sitting on perch hooded. Will do some manning later. She was at 1270grams last night. Not loosing wieght very fast. But keel is starting to sharpen. 9/29/08

First post for Abby

I am anxious to get going on this season this year. I have started reducing Abby's weight a couple of days ago. She was at 1420 grams which is about 100 grams heavier than what I trapped her. I guess I over fed her during the molt this year. I weighed her last night and she is down to 1320, which was her trap weight. I have been feeding her on the glove and re-introducing the hood. She gave me problems with the hood the first day, and a little the next. These last two days she hoods easy. I built a chain link weathering yard and she has been staying out there in the evenings while I work on the mews. I am acquiring a Harris hawk this year (separate blog to come) so I am splitting my mews in half. She seems to have molted nicely, all her feathers have come in and she is a little lighter than previous, but not much. Her tail feathers are without frets and look good. I will be bringing her to work starting next week to start maning her to public again.
9/26/08 1320 grams 0 kills.