Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Week of 1/23

Bald Eagle C52 is in his NEW viewing area of the Visitor Center backyard garden. This enclosure offers more opportunities for visitors to enjoy a close-up look at Bald Eagle C52 & Redtail Hawk. On Tuesday, 1/25, 19 pre-schoolers and adults attended a program about Patoka's birds of prey. Eagle weighs 8lbs. 10 oz. a very good weight for a male bald eagle. On Wednesday, 1/26, 12 girl scouts and 2 leaders enjoyed Bald Eagle C52 and Redtail Hawk in programs as we talked about endangered species, bald eagle nests at Patoka and resident raptor C52.

For more information regarding viewing opportunities call Patoka Lake Visitor Center 812.685.2447

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Eagle Watch!

Eagle Watch, an annual special event is scheduled for Patoka on January 15th of 2005. Bald Eagle C52 will be featured in this program as well as many other programs planned for the 2005 season. Since January 1989, when Bald Eagle C52 arrived at Patoka as the resident raptor, approximately 50,000 people have viewed him in his backyard viewing area at the Patoka Lake Visitor Center or offsite programs.

This one bird has traveled to the Indiana State Fair for annual programs, Lake Monroe’s Eagle Watch in February of each year, US F&W 100th anniversary of the National Wildlife Refuge and area schools. Bald Eagle continues to be an amazing asset to the Interpretive Services at Patoka