Three wam, windy days.

Monday April, 5, 2015:  Sunny, warm, semi cloudy.  Got the birds out early and started with walkabouts with the falcons, and red-tailed hawk.  The Harris hawks are now saved for when dining outside starts at 11:00.   I flew two at at time and they did well.  Keeping up with me and such.  They were starting to land a lot on the rails of the boardwalk.  Some guests like it some are uncomfortable with it.  So, I try to discourage them from landing there.  I also flew at the south condo area to make sure that the grackles there are also put on alert that hawks are around the area. 

Tuesday, April 6, 2015.  Again out early, with few grackles around the pool areas.  I again did walkabout with falcons and took my one Harris hawk hooded on the T post for more control.  It was a windy day so I wanted precise placement of her.   The advantage of this method is getting the hawk in the most important area for effectiveness, and I can keep her more focused when she is unhooded and released for flights.  She did well.   I then did single hawk flights the rest of the day, due to the winds again.  I make sure I concentrated on the south condo area as the last part of my patrols. 

Wednesday, April 7, 2015.  When I unloaded the truck, and back up in place.   The brake pedal went to the floor.  Oh boy.  I was really hoping for this to wait until next weeks scheduled brake service.  So, I moved my truck as little as possible, drove in the lowest gear. Back to the parking lot.   I also saw a trail of brake fluid where I pumped the brakes for effectiveness.  Loosing my brake fluid.  I scheduled and moved up my brake service for today/tomorrow.   I then had the truck towed to the local brake shop for servicing.  The only annoyance is the two cars that were parked at the bridge at the narrowest point  (across from where the curb is painted yellow) where the tow truck could not pass through.  Security (thank you Security) was alerted and the cars were moved.  I can barely get my truck through that area when the cars are present So, I hope that the cars are not parked there again.    I flew the hawks that morning later, due to the delay with my truck leaking brake fluid.  I flew one hawk, primarily the middle one in age and she is one who stays up in the trees for me and flies well.  She then gets bored and I follow her back to the enclosures on the golf cart.  Half the time they fly right back into their boxes.  They are that comfortable with them.  After getting my truck towed, the repair shop had an employee drive me back.  Thank you.  I asked for and got a table to put the hawks on for the night right outside the camper.   I do not like them on the ground, raccoons and other ground predators, plus fire ants can be a real problem.  I thank the head of the surf school in brining a table down for me to keep the hawks safely off the ground.   I will sleep deeply tonight, knowing my truck is being repaired.