Mews inspection on Friday

Well D-Day is approching fast, because my wife had a major operation it ment putting back my mews as and when cash and time allowed. Now there is a rush to get everything ready. Pleased to say its pretty much up apart from some cosmetics but enough to get inspected. So the local game warden is comeing on Friday just after 4pm and hopefully i can send off for my permits !

Arrivals

my bird scales arrived today along with a truck full of pea gravel, it took two of us just to shift half of it. man do the old mussels ache tonight !

Cut Out

Been meaning to write this for a while, a week ago i got a call to a house that had not only one but two swarms that had set up home in the eves of the house. One of them has been there for a very long time and we have decided to take that out next week. The smaller one we decided to take out. I say smaller but to be honest there seemed to be at least 4-5lbs of bees in this swarm. There where 4 large comb sections that we placed into frames and then vac'd the bee's up into a deep.

In the News

I do allot of work for a magazine and they asked me to put an article together with my sponsor Steve Armstrong. We went out on a number of occasions and took photos and then Steve wrote the the main content. If you would like to read the article follow the link http://www.texomaliving.com/birds-of-prey

D-Day and i some how managed to PASS !

Well Latrell and i decided to make a weekend of it in Oklahoma city. a 4hr drive up and 4hr Drive back down in one day is allot. So we packed the kids up and all headed to the city.

I dropped everyone of before heading off for the department of wildlife and taking my test. I haven't taken an exam for 20 years so to say i was nervous is an underestimate. I have been using the Californian guide and a few other books. I will say this out off the 105 questions oklahoma ask you only about 5 appear in the californian study guide. I just want to say thankyou to all those the encouraged me and heled me in haveing the knowledge to take this test, the result of which was a 94. To say i was elated was also underestimate i was so nervious running up to the exam and had to take some serious dee breaths. I couldnt stop smilling. Now on to get my mews finished and permits endorsed !

D-Day -1

Well this time tomorrow i'll either be very depressed or elated We shall jsut have to see. Taking the whole family to OK City to take my test and visit the zoo the next day. Should be an interesting trip either way.....

Well another wall has gone up, so the weathering area is almost finished and now onto the main mews, This shouldn't take to long as i only have 2.5 ( the .5 is the side of the house) walls and a roof to put on it, I've sealed everything with Thompson's water seal.

I have to thank my sponsor Steve Armstrong for coming over and helping its amazing how heavy a few 2x4's get and two sheets of 8x4 get when it all comes together.

I've been promising a picture of the new dog, well meet Emma, we think she is some sort of Jack Russel and is probably 6months to a year old. We have been slowly training her to come and sit. I've also been teaching her to chase the local rabbits (whilst on a leash) and she seems to pick things up very quickly. Shes a very nice dog with a very nice temperament , A little timid which might be case of abuse from her previous owner, but her confidence is growing day by day.

Oklahoma Wildlife department called today to confirm my Exam, so around 2pm on Friday the 7th august i should be just starting my exam.