US OPEN OLR

All,
Finally got everything working again. Took them 25 miles yesterday. There are still some chip issues. I noticed the 1st bird through didn't show on the online report so I checked the # (WACO 317). I ran it back across the scanner, but it still didn't record. So I have some work to do replacing chips. Rick, you have at least one more bird than those on the list.
Thanks for your patience
RCR

All,
Toss on Tuesday was not the greatest but it wasn't a disaster. The majority of the birds overflew the loft but the hot spot quit on us after reporting 39 birds. There were 60+ birds in the clock yesterday mid- morning when I talked to Larry . He tested positive for covid on Wednesday so I have been avoiding going out there to try to correct the problem. He was fully vaccinated, but he was sick for 4 or 5 days late last week. Couldn't taste or smell anything so he decided to get tested. It was the Delta variant. Sorry for the equipment failure and thanks for your support.
RCR

All,
We had rain or strong winds every day last week, but it looks like the weather is going to cooperate this week. We will most likely get them out to 40/50 miles. Birds have all completed their head and body molt and look great! Hawks are still a problem, and one took one of my personal birds as it was trying to make the landing board with me standing 8 feet from the board Sunday morning.
Have a great week!
RCR

All the birds were kept in the loft this week… we had a couple spectators in the form of hawks watching closely. No birds were lost and we want to keep it that way so we will resume training as soon as everything dies down.

All,
I set up a release yesterday before I went to work. The weather turned bad (thunderstorms and heavy rain)so Larry never let them out. Will try again today. I did a head count last weekend and I got 6 more than the 110 that show to have clocked. Will catch them all again this weekend and see which ones have a bad chip. Hope you all have a good weekend!
RCR

Some of the birds looking happy and healthy.

Good luck to everyone