Dear Editor,
In early summer, my husband and I returned from church to find an eagle in the driveway. Thinking it would fly away soon, I got out to take a photo. It hobbled on unsteady talons to the edge of the woods and stayed there.
Calls were made to the police, fish and wildlife, Port Townsend and Sequim. Each gave the succeeding number to call. Being a Sunday, most of the answers were by automation. The Sequim Raptor Center was given a callback message.
I decided to read my book and wait. Shortly, an odd sound was heard out by the garage. Our eagle was sitting on the concrete. Soon, Jaye Moore called from Sequim. “Keep it visual! We’ll be out in several hours!”
OK. Keep it visual. I found a folding chair and went outside to eaglesit. Keeping my distance, I talked, sang and prayed to that sweet, nervous ball of black fur. Little by little, the chair came to within a couple of feet of my charge. Trying to look for physical damage, there didn’t seem to be any. BUT, WHY couldn’t it fly?
About three hours later, Jaye and Gary arrived. By then, the eagle had walked to the back porch and cried up to the eagle in the nest tree. Sensing that something was about to happen with Jaye and Gary, it walked again to the woods. You could see its little backside. Jaye had a large towel with her. The strategy was to nosedive into the woods and fall on the eagle with the towel! It worked! Out came Jaye and our eagle.
Here is the story. Our little one was less than a month old. Its chest bone was sticking out, meaning that its sibling was taking most of the food. That sibling probably pushed it out of the nest. Never had it walked!! And yet it stayed with me for hours!!
It reminded me of the time my husband and I were in Antarctica with the penguins near the Russian site. A huge, noisy plane landed. Then, it took off again, scaring a little penguin that looked to us for refuge. It, like the eagle, stayed very close.
Jaye took “Little Barbie” (she named it) to the Sequim Raptor Center.
Another eagle was there. The two bonded and our eagle was taught to eat. Later, they were taken to the Bainbridge Raptor Center for a larger cage. Any day now, the release should come. We are hoping that “Little Barbie” will be released in Sekiu.
Rev. Frank and Barb Williams
Clallam Bay
Dear Editor
In early summer, my husband and I returned from church to find an eagle in the driveway. Thinking it would fly away soon, I got out to take a photo. It hobbled on unsteady talons to the edge of the woods and stayed there.
Calls were made to the police, fish and wildlife, Port Townsend and Sequim. Each gave the succeeding number to call. Being a Sunday, most of the answers were by automation. The Sequim Raptor Center was given a callback message.
I decided to read my book and wait. Shortly, an odd sound was heard out by the garage. Our eagle was sitting on the concrete. Soon, Jaye Moore called from Sequim. “Keep it visual! We’ll be out in several hours!”
OK. Keep it visual. I found a folding chair and went outside to eaglesit. Keeping my distance, I talked, sang and prayed to that sweet, nervous ball of black fur. Little by little, the chair came to within a couple of feet of my charge. Trying to look for physical damage, there didn’t seem to be any. BUT, WHY couldn’t it fly?
About three hours later, Jaye and Gary arrived. By then, the eagle had walked to the back porch and cried up to the eagle in the nest tree. Sensing that something was about to happen with Jaye and Gary, it walked again to the woods. You could see its little backside. Jaye had a large towel with her. The strategy was to nosedive into the woods and fall on the eagle with the towel! It worked! Out came Jaye and our eagle.
Here is the story. Our little one was less than a month old. Its chest bone was sticking out, meaning that its sibling was taking most of the food. That sibling probably pushed it out of the nest. Never had it walked!! And yet it stayed with me for hours!!
It reminded me of the time my husband and I were in Antarctica with the penguins near the Russian site. A huge, noisy plane landed. Then, it took off again, scaring a little penguin that looked to us for refuge. It, like the eagle, stayed very close.
Jaye took “Little Barbie” (she named it) to the Sequim Raptor Center.
Another eagle was there. The two bonded and our eagle was taught to eat. Later, they were taken to the Bainbridge Raptor Center for a larger cage. Any day now, the release should come. We are hoping that “Little Barbie” will be released in Sekiu.
Rev. Frank and Barb Williams
Clallam Bay
