Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Bald Eagle Released Near Mendenhall River



A female Bald Eagle was released May 28, 2007 after being taken in by a local family in February. The Juneau Raptor Center held a release gathering for the bird and said she was in captivity because she was so sick that she could not fly. They expect her to do fine now. A few fellow drivers and I were staging our motor coaches near the Mendenhall River between duties and observed a gethering of people at the park there. All of a sudden a we saw this eagle swoop out of the parking lot and circle around the bridge to the tree in the photo. She stood there for a while as a heckling raven prodded with his beak at her.

-- Christopher