We just spent this morning participating in a raptor release at the Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Bloomington. Taylor has been volunteering at the Raptor Center over at the U of MN since September through their RaptorCorps program, and we were all thrilled to be a part of such a fun event. There were Bald Eagles, Hawks and Owls that we could all view before the release. And there was this amazing outdoor playground that the kids got to play on. It was the biggest one Panod and I have seen outdoors.
The three raptors that were released back into the wild were a Cooper's Hawk, and two Red Tailed Hawks. Two of them had been found with broken wings (one of those had been shot!) and one was found ill with parasites. All three were nursed back to health and deemed able to return to the wild.
Panod had been bogged down with work this past week, and I have been swamped with finals in these last two weeks of school with a full load. We are getting through it, though - we are just really looking forward to the slower days that summer will offer us. Oh - and Panod and I are looking forward to a quick one-mile run in downtown this Thursday. Wish us luck on getting good times!
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| Raptor Release May 2008 |
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