Cisco was quite heavy. About a ounce and a half heavy. Although it was sunny, it was a little bit cooler than it was a few weeks ago when I was last here. James Major and Jim Ince took care of Farrah and Cisco respectively while I was gone. As I was walking around in the woods with Cisco in the trees today, he looked pretty good flying, but was certainly not hunting for squirrels. Hence the title of this post.
When I got over to the woods, Cisco took off but then he screamed. Usually that's a Red-tail. But today it was a smaller buzzard like a Red-shoulder or Broad-wing. Maybe juvenile. It was a huge distraction. I moved a squirrel that Cisco saw and it was chaseable. He ignored it. Still Cisco got in some flying which is good. He was not following well, way too warm, and he was a little bit over his flying weight, but actually a little lower than I'd like to keep him these days. Farrah may be one feather away from dropping all 32 major feathers. It's also possible that she's done. She may have one dry socket in a primary, I'm not sure. https://youtube.com/shorts/GHRNAfg2gVc