Post by: lokidog on February 12, 2015, 02:59:31 PM
Can I bring a net and box to the school since there is a Bald Eagle hopping around on the playground? I grabbed my welding gloves and the two other items. By the time I got to the school, the Eagle had hopped across the street.
When approaching it, we saw that it had a broken wing. Not sure how it happened but the Eagles have been doing some of their tumbling mating dances and maybe one didn't come out of it quickly enough.
So we caught it and I brought it over to Lopez Is. in order for it to make its way to Wolf Hollow rehab center.
My son took a phone video of the capture. I wish I had grabbed a better camera.
http://youtu.be/3CJRN9KekmI (http://youtu.be/3CJRN9KekmI)
Post by: Becky on February 12, 2015, 03:03:27 PM
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Post by: lokidog on February 12, 2015, 03:10:44 PM
Looks like you're taking its temperature and it didn't exactly like it.
:chuckle: It's actually just a very realistic puppet. ;)
Here's how he was transported. :chuckle:
Post by: Yelper Guy on February 12, 2015, 03:17:53 PM
If not it would make a good educational, hands-on display for kids. Just because a bird can't fly doesn't mean they have to go to waste. I've seen multiple large raptors that couldn't fly, but still were on display, or being used for educational purposes.
Post by: lokidog on February 12, 2015, 03:27:51 PM
They ended up putting it down which really POed us as we felt somebody would have been happy to have had that bird. That was was a fighter surviving three broken wings, or a wing broken in three places.
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Post by: lokidog on February 12, 2015, 08:52:23 PM
Wow, that is sweet! I love the closeup pic. That's one intense bird. Mess with the good ol' US of A and you get this!!! :chuckle:
Definitely intense!
I think this was a male as they are smaller than the females and he didn't seem much over ten pounds. He did not try to bite me, luckily since I had to get pretty close to that beak while putting him in the box.
The one back in 2006 was a lot fiestier, though I knew what I was getting into with this one. That one got me good with it's talons. Here are some photos of that one.
Photo credits go to Weathergirl, a selfie would have been tough with that handful. :chuckle:
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Post by: grandpawrichard on February 13, 2015, 07:25:57 AM
Dick
Post by: lokidog on February 13, 2015, 08:16:48 AM
I just find it really hard to believe that there is no place that would be interested in taking in an otherwise healthy eagle even if it could not fly. :bash:
Post by: Yelper Guy on February 13, 2015, 08:23:56 AM
Post by: jay.sharkbait on February 13, 2015, 08:24:20 AM
:'( For all the good it did.... >:( I got a call this morning relaying a message that they put this eagle down. They said its wrist was too shattered to do anything about it.
I just find it really hard to believe that there is no place that would be interested in taking in an otherwise healthy eagle even if it could not fly. :bash:
That sucks.
Thanks for the effort though and is there is a different avenue for helping these birds?
I wonder if things would have been different if one of the tribes rescued it?
Not stirring the pot, I really am curious if one of the tribes up there would have more pull?
Post by: runamuk on February 13, 2015, 08:24:44 AM
:'( For all the good it did.... >:( I got a call this morning relaying a message that they put this eagle down. They said its wrist was too shattered to do anything about it.
I just find it really hard to believe that there is no place that would be interested in taking in an otherwise healthy eagle even if it could not fly. :bash:
Woodland park zoo has a small Eagle sanctuary blind injured otherwise unable to live in the wild.
Also the raptor center in Boise Idaho the one that has been instrumental in repopulating CA with Condors, they also have a fair amount of sanctuary animals and possible connection to other sanctuaries. You might look them up and have a secondary.
Just an fyi it used to be zoo's that were known for taking in and using some of these critters for their education programs now days zoos for some reason are considered evil so I think people forget the contributions they have made to our understanding of some of these critters.
sorry all your effort was for nothing.
Post by: lokidog on February 13, 2015, 08:40:20 AM
:'( For all the good it did.... >:( I got a call this morning relaying a message that they put this eagle down. They said its wrist was too shattered to do anything about it.
I just find it really hard to believe that there is no place that would be interested in taking in an otherwise healthy eagle even if it could not fly. :bash:
That sucks.
Thanks for the effort though and is there is a different avenue for helping these birds?
I wonder if things would have been different if one of the tribes rescued it?
Not stirring the pot, I really am curious if one of the tribes up there would have more pull?
My thought was that maybe they are encouraged not to put too much effort into them so that the parts can be used by one of the tribes without the negative PR of them actually getting caught shooting one... but then I am often quite a cynic. >:(
I know it is expensive to keep an animal that may live a long time, but it seems money would be able to be raised fairly easily for an eagle.
Post by: lokidog on February 13, 2015, 08:41:48 AM
Post by: RB on February 13, 2015, 12:58:34 PM
Another sucky thing is that we can't even get the carcass back to have a mount done for the school, which would be way cool.:yeah:
How awesome would that be to have in a grade school science class!! The kids would love it and could teach several generations of kids about Eagles.
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on February 13, 2015, 01:47:50 PM
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Post by: pd on February 13, 2015, 05:37:01 PM
Now, go buy yourself a new video camera. ;)
Post by: lokidog on February 13, 2015, 06:58:13 PM
That sucks, man just think if they would have let Loki have it for taxidermy he could have answered the age old question of, does it taste like chicken. :chuckle:
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There is actually a permit that you can possibly get for a school now that the status of Bald Eagles has been downgraded. Weathergirl is looking into it.
Apparently it is a tough time of year for eagles, they have gotten seven in in the last two weeks, most have not made it.