I took Okie back to the field that I found with Kate during the summer. It is a large field (acres) with lots of rabbit sign. The problem was that there were no stands, so the hawk would have to soar the entire time. We tried it a few times this season, but, we got only a couple of rabbits up and it was difficult hawking, since Okie would eventually go to ground. We worked an area that we had not been in which was loaded with sign. There is a subdivision way off in the distance and Okie landed on one of the houses. She was quite a ways away, but in a position to see any rabbits, as the cover is not dense. Pretty soon, she came off the roof and I could tell by the way she was flying that she was on to a rabbit; it was great to see her fly a considerable distance. She was too far away for me to hear the rabbit if she caught it, but, I watched Chase, and sure enough when Okie hit the ground her ears picked up, so I figured she had caught it and she had. This makes #9, which isn't many, but, with the exception of this one, they have all been well-earned because of the cover.
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