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The Eagle I posted about in a few entries recently.

No water, an Eagle hit by a semi and record temps.First... Colorado should NOT BE UP TO OVER 90F DEGREES IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY!
What the heck.
Where was the snow?
What's with the lack of rain.
WHY IS THERE AUGUST WEATHER!

Please let this "cold front" coming bring us rain. Or at least temps under 80. o.o
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So today the high at the center was 94.
Recently it was decided the center's facilities should get more attention by the powers that be (most the maintenance is usually done by myself, my boss or the volunteers and we don't have time for gardens).
We had no water all day. Apparently the lack of water pressure we had all been use to became NO WATER AT ALL when they tried star

Eagle update- from last journal.Since people wanted to know.
Day 2 of the bird's care revealed he has heavy head injuries and obvious swelling in his brain.
It's something we just have to give him time to work out. He was bleeding from his nares for about 3 days but that has since cleared up and he's breathing better.
He regained vision back in his left eye but still has none in his right. We're unsure how clearly he sees out of his left eye but he does see movement out of it for sure.
It's been almost a week and we are still force feeding him chopped up rats since he won't eat on his own (this consists of one person holding the bird while the other forces his mouth

That EagleSo today I go into work. One of the volunteers has been wanting to hold an Eagle forever. He's held hawks for me before so I decided he was strong enough and this Eagle is weak enough. I let him.
He did great holding him... now about the Eagle.
I go to grab the back of his head to hold it still so I can force feed him.
THE DAMN BIRD LOOKS DIRECTLY AT MY HAND AND TRIES TO BITE ME!
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So.. he can see at least a little bit now out of both eyes. He has pupil response in both eyes and the best part, HE'S TRYING TO DEFEND HIMSELF!

Needless to say, it was exciting news to everyone that he tried to bite me.

LOOK WHAT HE'S DOING ALL BY HIMSELF!
That's a rat I cut up he's eating, the whole one on the plate he did end up eating a little while later but I missed it.
SO EXCITED HE ATE WHOLE FOOD.

For being hit by a Semi he's making some intense progress. We still believe he has some vision issues but hopefully it all clears up and he'll be going back to the wild.

Golden Eagle

Description
The Eagle I posted about in a few entries recently.

No water, an Eagle hit by a semi and record temps.First... Colorado should NOT BE UP TO OVER 90F DEGREES IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY!
What the heck.
Where was the snow?
What's with the lack of rain.
WHY IS THERE AUGUST WEATHER!

Please let this "cold front" coming bring us rain. Or at least temps under 80. o.o
--

So today the high at the center was 94.
Recently it was decided the center's facilities should get more attention by the powers that be (most the maintenance is usually done by myself, my boss or the volunteers and we don't have time for gardens).
We had no water all day. Apparently the lack of water pressure we had all been use to became NO WATER AT ALL when they tried star

Eagle update- from last journal.Since people wanted to know.
Day 2 of the bird's care revealed he has heavy head injuries and obvious swelling in his brain.
It's something we just have to give him time to work out. He was bleeding from his nares for about 3 days but that has since cleared up and he's breathing better.
He regained vision back in his left eye but still has none in his right. We're unsure how clearly he sees out of his left eye but he does see movement out of it for sure.
It's been almost a week and we are still force feeding him chopped up rats since he won't eat on his own (this consists of one person holding the bird while the other forces his mouth

That EagleSo today I go into work. One of the volunteers has been wanting to hold an Eagle forever. He's held hawks for me before so I decided he was strong enough and this Eagle is weak enough. I let him.
He did great holding him... now about the Eagle.
I go to grab the back of his head to hold it still so I can force feed him.
THE DAMN BIRD LOOKS DIRECTLY AT MY HAND AND TRIES TO BITE ME!
-
So.. he can see at least a little bit now out of both eyes. He has pupil response in both eyes and the best part, HE'S TRYING TO DEFEND HIMSELF!

Needless to say, it was exciting news to everyone that he tried to bite me.

LOOK WHAT HE'S DOING ALL BY HIMSELF!
That's a rat I cut up he's eating, the whole one on the plate he did end up eating a little while later but I missed it.
SO EXCITED HE ATE WHOLE FOOD.

For being hit by a Semi he's making some intense progress. We still believe he has some vision issues but hopefully it all clears up and he'll be going back to the wild.

Golden Eagle