|
Canace the Bald Eagle His Release | Jan. 20, 2013 |
| |
On Thursday, 17 January 2013, I participated in something wonderful: the release of a male bald eagle, who is named Canace.
Canace was very ill from lead poisoning. Months earlier, he was taken in at Cowanesque Lake recreation area, Pennsylvania; then looked after by Centre Wildlife Care; and today was to be returned to Cowanesque Lake. That morning, we picked up Canace at his exercise cage, the building of which was an eagle scout project. |
|
|
| |
Inside his exercise cage, Canace was busily excercising, a blur of motion. |
|
| |
The drive to Cowanesque Lake took two and a half hours.
Then came the moment of excitement, when Robyn Graboski, director of Centre Wildlife Care, opened the crate door. What would happen when Canace first sensed freedom? |
|
| |
My following page shows Canace's first flight after his release.
Complete background information on Canace's rescue and recovery is at the website of Centre Wildlife Care. Photo note: I used a Pentax K20D, with the Pentax SMC-DA 16-45mm lens for the first photo and the Pentax SMC-DA* 60-250mm lens for the second two photos, all taken on 17 January 2013. |
Wild About Animals is the Centre Wildlife Care annual exhibition;
it will be on March 16, 2013, at the Ag Arena, State College.