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17 and 11

On to a new season - Cisco's seventeeth, and with me, Farrah's eleventh. Last season was the most productive in terms of catch numbers for both hawks, for whatever that's worth. My principal goal is getting through the season safely with the hawks' consistently catching game. That constitutes a successful season.

One of the three squirrels in one tree

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- January 06, 2022

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Fourth

- December 31, 2021

Happy New Year's Eve My apprentice Isaac reported that he caught his fourth squirrel with his passage Red-tail. My foster apprentice, Stephanie, caught her fourth. And today, Cisco caught his fourth lifetime fox squirrel. This is out of about 240 squirrels. It was really stressful, at the same time interesting. Here's a text that I sent: Cisco's fourth lifetime fox squirrel taken. Stressful. Up in tree for a long time, hanging upside down. Then he dropped it, and grabbed, hanging onto its tail. He was covered in blood after it escaped and I called him. Cisco was super tired. 20 minutes later he pulled the wounded squirrel from nest and killed it. Jeez. Everything started routinely. I had Arnold with me and released Cisco. He has not flown for more than a week, the season interrupted with a trip to Denver. Cisco took off and started working a squirrel, which he grabbed in some high leaves. The squirrel was squealing some and I could see Cisco hanging below. It went on f...

One squirrel contact per week

- January 28, 2022

I let Farrah chase squirrels but allow her only one contact each week. This can be a grab, catch, or a bite. This week it was a catch on a squirrel she spotted as we were heading home. We saw no squirrels for an hour and a half. Suddenly Farrah looked down and she was on the ground. Wednesday Cisco Thursday after a stressful hunt On Friday

A tough squirrel

- January 29, 2022

Cisco caught his toughest squirrel ever this evening. It took at least twenty minutes to catch it, then he had it in the tree for a long time. Still alive. He switched his grip and dropped it. He grabbed again on the ground and lost it. It went into a hole right under the tree. If I were sure it was healthy I would have let it go. A tired Cisco parked in front of that hole. I probed the soft ground with my stick, after digging a little by hand. Out popped the squirrel and Cisco grabbed it again. I piled in at that point.