 Dennis Benbow, President of Mitigation Marketing, LLC takes a moment with Lucky, a rehabilitated bald eagle, before his release on June 15, 2006 at the Florida Mitigation Bank. |
Whew... what a busy month it's been! Besides all those babies at the clinic, five bald eagles were released back to the Florida skies between May 12th and June 15th! All of the releases were special, but two in particular really stood out.
The first bird, released at Paynes Prairie near Gainesville, was blessed by a Lakota Sioux before his release. The next, an adult female, was released June 15th in Osceola County and named "Lucky," since she was the survivor of a fight--the other eagle was gobbled up by a ten-foot alligator in one bite!
"Lucky" was released by Jerry Montgomery, Vice President of Public Affairs of Walt Disney World. Disney has been a good friend and supporter of the Center for Birds of Prey, including their sponsorship of the 100-foot flight cage where this eagle was conditioned for release. Additionally, the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund helps support the Audubon EagleWatch program.
For more, click here: http://ga1.org/natureadvocate/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=2221062.
