Re: Winter lock-down

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (E-Man) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hi group,
> saw my first coopers this past sunday, looking to stake a claim to my
> area......oh well......there goes my flying time!
> I managed to get in a little flying time this spring and summer,
> but an awful lot it was wasted with bad weather.......lots and lots of rain
> and heavy winds. 
> I'm just outside Philadelphia, so this is just a heads up to anyone in the
> area that's flying pigeons.
> E-Man

Thanks for the heads-up E-Man.  I think I'll keep my highfliers in for
the duration.  A Coopers hawk landed on my loft here in So. Calif.
last week.  No harm done but there was some frantic flying that day! 
By the way, thanks for the defense of pigeons on rec.birds the other
day.  You made me laugh and exclaim "God bless you E-Man!"
Good news: I understand the poultry quarantine has ended in
California.  And on Tuesday (9-30-03) The Los Angeles Times ran a very
positive front page feature story on pigeon flying in Baghdad.  It
included a beautiful close up of a bird in a Baghdad market.  The
article was captioned, "Uplifting Sight in Iraqi Skies"- "Pigeons are
eternal in Baghdad. In a time of stress they offer a kind of freedom."
-jet