After months of reading, learning and planning, today was the day! This morning we walked just under a mile away from our house and released three homers.
The weather is much better these days and we all took part which made it feel like a special event. Yousef opened the basket and Noor held it in place. Um Yousef and I watched and I managed to take these three photographs.
The first bird out was a little reluctant (see photo on the right), but all three were soon high in the sky. I am yet to see them back home. I think they’ve been and gone again.
Overall I’m happy to announce a success. We have lunch with the whole family at my father’s every Friday. My intention is to build up the distance until we reach a release from there (10km away) some time in February. Watch this space.