February 19th

We succeeded in making two pouches for our “harnesses” in which we can use the Walkie-talkies. They are made from thrown-away army-tents and are fastened with Velcro-strips. The red Buzzard is still not eating on his own: we’re feeding early in the morning a bit and the rest of his portion he’s receiving in a bowl in his cage. But more than a bit playing with the meat isn’t happening !! Further more almost all the owls we have to feed are eating badly; something which one can read in the graphics. Because the customs-officers are striking, already some time no petrol has been cleared due to which in the Dodekanesos and in Thessalonica no super-led free is available anymore; over here by Tuesday a shortage is expected, so we’ll try after each trip to bring the car back “full”. That’s why after 5 p.m. we made a “quickie” to the Shell-station to fill him up.