On Saturday, Jan 23rd over 130 visitors attended our Annual Bald Eagle Event held in partnership with AZ Game and Fish and Liberty Wildlife.
The day started with an early morning field trip led by AZ Game and Fish Biologists and Willow Bend staff. The lucky group spotted three bald eagles, two juveniles and one adult, along Lake Mary Road.
The day continued with three talks at Willow Bend presented by AZ Game and Fish biologists and Willow Bend staff covering eagle ecology, management, and conservation. During the family focused program our young participants made observations about eagle characteristics and one lucky volunteer got to dress as an eagle to demonstrate key eagle adaptations.
But the highlight of the day was the appearance of two live eagles from Liberty Wildlife, Aurora the bald eagle, and the Anasazi the golden eagle. The eagles happily displayed their majestic wing span and their powerful talons to the crowd’s admiration.
Beyond displaying the eagles and telling their stories, Joe Miller (from Liberty Wildlife) also covered simple ways each and every one in the room can help protect eagles, from picking up fishing line to leaving them alone while on their nests.
This is by far the most attended and loved Willow Bend program and is a great opportunity to educate the public, especially children, about eagles in hope of ensuring their continued survival.
The event was covered by Jake Bacon from AZ Daily Sun and 4 Flag TV. Check out the awesome movie clip.
If you missed it, make sure you sign-up early next year!
www.4flagtv.com/show/flag/eagle-celebration