Yesterday I had the chance to drive to Wichita, Kansas to cover the release of a rehabilitated American Bald Eagle, Trapper John, back into the wild. He was named Trapper John because he was injured when he landed in a steel hunting trap that injured one of his legs. He had been fully rehabbed at the Eagle Valley Raptor Center which has rehabbed hundreds of injured birds.
The hood keeps the birds surprisingly calm, once the hood came off before the release the Eagle became very stressed and nervous.
I found it strange that they would decide to release the eagle in Wichita, the largest city in Kansas, out of all places that Kansas has to offer. Releasing in such a densely populated area brought quite the crowd out though. The release was right along the Arkansas river, pronounced 'Our Kansas' to most people in this area. When Ken Lockwood helped loft the eagle into the are that was it, Trapper John took off and kept flying till he was out of site, north along the river.
Thanks for looking,
Brad Vest
Good flying Trapper John.
On the way home I stumbled across a controlled brush fire that one of the farmers had set to burn out a patch of around 8 acres of prairie. I got there right as it was finishing up, I really want to shoot an entire burn like this. Shot from the car window as I was looking for people to photograph with the fire, sorry for the tilt haha.
Listening to: Anonanimal, Andrew Bird, probably my favorite song on the album.
1 comment:
trapper john is kinda a lame name, couldn't they have come up with something better? but sweet pictures though, too bad you weren't at the fire earlier.
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