Mice, Astroturf, and the Test

I got mice.

Breakfast

Dinner

Lunch

I'm pretty sure that Breakfast and Lunch are pregnant. Dinner is a male. I think Lunch might be sick or something; she's had a stuffy nose for a couple of days now.

I got new astroturf. Very high quality stuff. It's much better than by old astroturf; I probably could have killed a kestrel with that stuff. The new turf is about 3/4 of an inch thick, very soft, and made with two different types of blades. There's the straight long ones and the short curly ones that make it really soft. It's made to cover lazy people's lawns so that they don't have to water it.

Oh, I almost forgot! I passed my test! I got a crap score but it was a crap score that was over 80%!

Hello Again

     Sorry about the gap between posts. I was gone for a week to McCall.

     I got my leashes right before I left, literally. I got my leashes and an hour later I was on the road.
     P.S. "premium hawkers chocolate" tastes nasty.

     Monica came over to check my equipment today.
DONE:

• stabilize the screen perch with some string connecting the top to the feet
• attatch a loop of rope to the center of the screen perch for tying the leash
• make some minor modifications to the giant hood

TO DO:

• extend the sides of my platform perch
• figure out how to secure the astroturf to the platform perch in a way that is secure (especially around the edges) and removable
• get some breeder mice

     My dad still thinks that I should wait until I have a kestrel to get mice, but if I want a good supply (that I don't have to pay and unaffordable price for) then I have to get them now.

Intro, Intro, Intro

I created this site more for me than for you. It's great if you can get something from this, but it's main purpose is to be a place where I can keep track of my progress and record thoughts and experiences. Don't take this as an "I'm booting you off my site" I'm just saying that if you read some weird stuff on here, that's because it made sense to me and at that moment I wasn't really concerned about being Follower Friendly.

Falconry is the art of hunting in cooperation with a trained raptor. That means that when I'm finally licensed you will be reading about me hunting with my hawk. Probably a Red-Tail. So far I'm just studying for the apprentice falconer exams.

Now that you've met the site and the sport, I guess you'll have to meet me. I'm 13 years old and I LOVE FALCONRY!! I also love art, writing, and the antique typewriter that I got for my 13th Christmas. I have five brothers, three older ones and two younger ones, and a dog. He's a cross between a Chihuahua, Dachshund, and Italian Greyhound. I have tons of self confidence so don't think that this person you're reading about is just the cover-up of the real person. It's all me, all the way.

Just to catch you up...

I heard my brothers talking about falconry when I was about 7, give or take. I heard him talking about owning a falcon and fell in love with falconry. At the age of 12 I started studying thinking that I would study for 2 years and then begin apprenticing. I hit a few bumps. Then I read some more, made some footnotes, studied some more and more and more, and now I'm set on falconry.