The 83 birds had a 32-mile toss on Tuesday, a 65-mile toss on Saturday, and then a 45-mile toss on Sunday. John reports that for the most part they are still all returning together.

The birds had a successful toss from the 65-mile mark on Sunday, Aug. 22. For you local folks, they were released near the intersection of KY 461 and US 80 (near Somerset). John reports that returns were good and they birds looked great. One little LKY blue-check decided to hang back in the crate and give the others a head start. I guess she needed to stretch and go through her pre-flight check before hitting the skies. She seems to be in her own little pigeon world and doesn’t feel inclined to be part of the crowd.

Update: Added a photo from this morning. Also, I should have been a bit more clear about recent training. The birds have been getting road tosses three times a week and loft fly almost every day that they don’t get road trained, so they are in the air almost every day. After numerous shorter tosses, they have been 32 miles three or four times, 45 miles two or three times and now they have been 65 miles once as of 8/22.

We are almost a month away from our first race and the birds are training well. They have been out 45 miles at this point and we have 83 birds remaining. When the birds were crated this morning for the 45-mile toss, they were inventoried and the bird list has been updated to reflect which birds are missing.

Here are some photos and a short video of a 32-mile training toss from Berea on Sunday morning, August 8. One bird bolted from the group and went straight home, beating the flock by 20 minutes. The rest of the flock gathered up and circled for about five minutes before disappearing.

There are about 82 birds remaining in training. There were some heavy losses and an injury during a toss last week when the flock was attacked by a hawk immediately after release.

We will work on a current roster in the coming days and will post another update. The bird list can be seen here.

Updated on August 14, 2010

83 birds out of 110 remain

WinSpeed-40           LEXINGTON RACING PIGEON CLUB   06/03/10-21:20

Master Bird List Report

2010 One-Loft Futurity

LOFTNAME: ALBERTO RAMIREZ

BAND NUMBER	      COLOR     SEX

-----------	      -----     ---

0346   AU 10 BLG      BC

0348   AU 10 BLG      BC

-

LOFTNAME: AMBER BARROW

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0561   IF 10 BLG      RSDL* missing

0564   IF 10 BLG      RGRZ* missing

-

LOFTNAME: BAKER AND SONS LOFT

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0017   AU 10 BAKE     BBWF

0019   AU 10 BAKE     BCWF

0021   AU 10 BAKE     DC* missing

0022   AU 10 BAKE     BB

0117   AU 10 BAKE     BB

0121   AU 10 BAKE     BCWF

0123   AU 10 BAKE     BC

0125   AU 10 BAKE     DC

-

LOFTNAME: BILL WILDER

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0212   AU 10 WILDE    B         H* MISSING

-

LOFTNAME: BILLY BERRYMAN

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0701   IF 10 LKY      BLK

0702   IF 10 LKY      BC

-

LOFTNAME: BOB ZERKLE

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0001   IF 10 LKY      SPL

0002   IF 10 LKY      B WF

0006   IF 10 LKY      PC        C * missing

0009   IF 10 LKY      MEAL      C

0010   IF 10 LKY      SPL       C * missing

-

LOFTNAME: CLIFTON CORDAHL

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0502   IF 10 LKY      GRIZ

0503   IF 10 LKY      DC

0504   IF 10 LKY      GRIZ

0507   IF 10 LKY      GRIZ

0508   IF 10 LKY      SIL

0510   IF 10 LKY      SPL* missing

0511   IF 10 LKY      GRIZ* missing

0518   IF 10 LKY      BC

0521   IF 10 LKY      GRIZ* missing

0522   IF 10 LKY      SPL

0527   IF 10 LKY      GRIZ

0528   IF 10 LKY      GRIZ * (injured, not likely to race. w/ Kip)

-

LOFTNAME: David Stephenson

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0604   IF 10 LKY      BCPD * injured (back in training)

0612   IF 10 LKY      BC

-

LOFTNAME: GEORGE YOUNG

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

1403   IF 10 JNC      BB

1408   IF 10 JNC      BC

-

LOFTNAME: JOHN HAYS

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0006   AU 10 NSWEA    RCSP      C

0008   AU 10 NSWEA    SIL       H

0013   AU 10 NSWEA    BB

0014   AU 10 NSWEA    RC S      C

0019   AU 10 NSWEA    BSP       C

0021   AU 10 NSWEA    RC

0023   AU 10 KY       SIL       C

0024   AU 10 KY       B         C

0024   AU 10 NSWEA    BC        H* missing

0025   AU 10 NSWEA    SIL       C* missing

0026   AU 10 KY       B         C* missing

0029   AU 10 NSWEA    BB        C* missing

0030   AU 10 NSWEA    BB        C* missing

0031   AU 10 NSWEA    CSPL      H

0034   AU 10 KY       OPAL      H

0035   AU 10 KY       SPL       H* missing

0038   AU 10 KY       B         H

0039   AU 10 KY       CSP       H

0041   AU 10 KY       B         H

0042   AU 10 KY       B         C* missing

0043   AU 10 KY       B         H

0044   AU 10 KY       B         C* missing

12401  AU 10 CENTE    SPL       C

12471  AU 10 CENT     BSP       H

12476  AU 10 CENT     SB        H* missing

3279   AU 10 AHPI     BC        C

3285   AU 10 AHPI     SIL       H

-

LOFTNAME: JOHN JAMES II

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0101   IF 10 LKY      BC* missing

0102   IF 10 LKY      BC

0105   IF 10 LKY      BCWF

0109   IF 10 LKY      BC

0110   IF 10 LKY      SPL

0111   IF 10 LKY      MELY

0135   IF 10 LKY      BB

0136   IF 10 LKY      BC

0144   IF 10 LKY      GRIZ

0145   IF 10 LKY      GRZ

0146   IF 10 LKY      BB

-

LOFTNAME: KEN BACON II

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0629   IF 10 LKY

-

LOFTNAME: KIP SULHAM

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0432   IF 10 LKY      RC* missing

0433   IF 10 LKY      R SP

0434   IF 10 LKY      BRZE

-

LOFTNAME: LEE FESSENDEN

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

1341   NPA 10 BG      GR

1342   NPA 10 BG      GR

-

LOFTNAME: MICHAEL WOODARD

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

1352   AU 10 AA       BC

1354   AU 10 AA       BC* missing

1355   AU 10 AA       B

1381   AU 10 AA       BC        (REPLACEMENT)

-

LOFTNAME: PAUL HOWARD

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0625   AU 10 HKY      BB* missing

0662   AU 10 HKY      GRIZ

-

LOFTNAME: RICHARD KELTY

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0510   AU 10 HKY      GRIZ

0530   AU 10 HKY      RC        C

-

LOFTNAME: RON PARIN

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0420   AU 10 LFO      GRIZ

0434   AU 10 LFO      SIL* missing

0440   AU 10 LFO      BB

0442   AU 10 LFO      CK

0445   AU 10 LFO      BB

-

LOFTNAME: SIMEON PARKER

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0043   AU 10 BLG      BB

0045   AU 10 BLG      BC

0046   AU 10 BLG      SIL

-

LOFTNAME: SPURGEON CHAPMAN

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0176   IF 10 LKY

0184   IF 10 LKY

-

LOFTNAME: STEVE SLATES

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0303   IF 10 LKY      BCPD

0320   IF 10 LKY      SILV

0301   IF 10 LKY      BB* missing

0328   IF 10 LKY      BB

-

LOFTNAME: TERRY LYNN

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0165   AU 10 LFO      BSPL

0166   AU 10 LFO      BSPL

0168   AU 10 LFO      BB

0172   AU 10 LFO      BB

0174   AU 10 LFO      BB* missing

0175   AU 10 LFO      BCWF

-

LOFTNAME: TORY STEPHENSON

BAND NUMBER           COLOR     SEX

-----------           -----     ---

0606   IF 10 LKY      BCSP

0616   IF 10 LKY      BC* missing