Tuesday 24 July 2012
The sun is out,
it is warm, actually its hot!!! I suspect every farmer has cut their fields for
hay, we have had the overflow car park cut for hay, so now we are all praying
that the weather holds long enough to turn it, bale it and bring it in dry!!
That would be wonderful and save me a fortune buying in hay. We are going to
help Mark in return for doing it for us – I have kindly volunteered the staff
for bale hauling!! Art is going really really well, he and I seem to be
beginning to understand each other, of course he goes much better for Jules,
but we are getting there.
We have grounded
Fer de Lance (White-tailed Sea-eagle) she needed a break anyway, and after her
sojourn in the field, she was less interested in work! My Tawny Eagle is coming
on and Mark has just got his out to start work, plus we have the new Grey
Buzzard Eagle that Holly is training, and John is going to start with Pioneer
again, ready for the winter and for the Falconry Weekend.
Ara the baby
Lesser Kestrel is doing very well, and my baby sparrowhawk jumped to the fist
twice yesterday!!! And he is not even full grown. So all the birds are doing
well, and as for Karis, well the stoops on the last three days have been
staggering, at least I am told they are, I did not see them!!!
My brother Nick
is here from New Zealand and has been chopping things down, I would say
pruning, but it is rather more aggressive than that, but he is doing an amazing
job. The Bay hedge is down to manageable size now, and we can see through all
the windows on the road side of the house! It was getting a little silly and
very dark inside. Of course the downside
is that we are finding that a number of the windows have rotten sills, and some
need replacing, however after this year, that may have to wait for a while – a
long while I suspect!
Natasha is back
from her work experience with Nick Fox, and is helping with various birds,
Michele takes first Ara home one night and then Lyra the next night!! Her
mother skypes with Lyra!!! You might get the impression that this is a mad
house and you could just possibly be right.
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