10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2012

Birds arrive, and immediately start the business of breeding, so they can raise a family and be gone before winter arrives. Birds like American Coots and Long-eared Owls in Arviat, to Bald Eagles in Whale Cove. The first migrants arrive in a trickle and then in June everything seems to appear.

Bald Eagle 171

Bald Eagle Breeding Raised Whales 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. Have you had rehab experiences with eagles? photo by John Huba. Was there a role model for Mars?

Wildlife Rehabilitation 254

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 254

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

Having flown to Washington State on a family vacation the first obstacle was easily out of the way, which you knew already if you ever read this blog. There was no pretending this was a whale-watching trip, a ruse that is growing stale anyway. Once the salmon started heading upstream the eagles would disperse and go after them.

Washington 170

Washington Protection Puffins Rhinoceros 170