This eagle was hit by a logging truck, and we helped to try and save it. It was amazing to see such a majestic bird upclose. Alas he joined the great flock in the sky a few days after the end of the video.
EAGLE RESCUE VIDEO

Eagles are foul (fowl?) vermin......

Well _I_ thought the video was cool, as well as the soundtrack <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Vermin? "Ahem".... Suffice to say that none of the Paradise crew are featured on the Great Seal of the United States.

I did think the guy who had it wrapped in a blanket was a tad foolhardy for twice putting his finger on the eagle's beak. I was reminded of a well-meaning person who picked up an injured heron by the side of the road in Texas some years back.

He picked it up and the injured bird with a single strike promptly hit both the guy's eyes with its open beak, he didn't lose 'em but suffered permanently impaired vision as a result.

Birdwatcher

Well, _I_ liked the video, I mean, how many Paradise guys are featured on the Great Seal of the United States?

I did think the guy holding the bird wrapped in the blanket was foolish for twice touching the beak of the eagle with a finger.

Some years back a good samaritan here in Texas attempted to rescue an injured heron by the side of the road, when he picked it up the bird promptly hammered both his eyes with a single blow of its open beak, left him with permanently impaired vision.

Birdwatcher

The majesty escapes me.........

Herons can be freaky....equip them with a set of giant mandibles and count me out, unless I have eye protection....helped move a Red-Crowned Crane once.... and I swear.....when I was locked in the back of that vet van....Ned trying to keep ahold of the legs and me trying to hold the wings.....I was worried....the thing was a giant<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.

Bald Eagles are beautiful scavengers.....but I might could pick a bird a little more deserving of thoughtless following.....but I tend to get sweet for the ugly ones....I am sort of different that way, lol...<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.....

Glad it worked out...

HoundGirl

So you would go with Ben Franklin that the American symbol should be the turkey?

Herons are tough to get friendly with, at less than arm's length, due to their propensity for stabbing at eyes. I watched a rehabber giving a demo. at one of our wildlife agent refreshers many years ago, get nailed on the cheek by a GHO. That woke us up!

I handled some large birds at times such as eagles and pelicans. I was moving an injured bald eagle from one carrier to another when it tried to make a break. I was able to whup it, but it put my back out for about a week from the strain. Bird lived, was released 3 weeks later back where we found it, (north Louisiana) amid a cheering crowd and the press. But I was not cheering, still a little sore-backed. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Peppersmoke

Neat.Probably will never be that close again.Kevin was that buddies truck in the background.Looked like a sweet set-up.I can like those Arctic trailer's and rigging.So would your pops.........grin.

Can't look at the draft dodger crap no more.So I'm a bumping this.