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| In need of Rescue! Photo - Dave Gerhardt The Clinton Topper |
Bruised in body, but not in spirit. | You have to eat to keep your strength up! | Safe and warm - with time to heal. |
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“Liberty,” a mature female Bald Eagle, weighing 12 pounds, was found by Joyce Panace of Harvard while she was driving in the area of Six Corners and Beloit Road on the evening of January 12, 2002. The eagle had probably been hit by a car, and had abrasions and bruising to the right side of her face, lower mandible, wing and leg. |
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| Next stop: the flight loft, with plenty of fish! | “Liberty” takes to the air once more. | She no longer needs a ladder to reach her perch. | February 10, 2002 One last operation... |
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Fellow Mortals' co-founder, Steve Blane, rescued the mature female Bald Eagle and transported her to Fellow Mortals' facility for emergency treatment, which was provided by Steve and Dr. Patrick Hourigan, the eagle's attending veterinarian, who spent several hours attending the bird that night and the following day. |
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| ...for identification purposes only! | Dr. Sergej Postupalsky bands each leg. | Best when viewed through binoculars! | “Liberty” weighs a very respectable 12 lbs. |
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Steve Blane, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, provided all rehabilitative care for “Liberty,” from hand-feeding in the critical care phase to reacclimation to self-feeding and current weather conditions before moving the recovering eagle into the flight loft at Fellow Mortals' facility for pre-release conditioning. |
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| Leaving the flight barn, ready for release. | The release area at Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin | About 60 well-wishers gathered to see her off. | The long-awaited moment draws near. |
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Steve Blane and Pat Hourigan released “Liberty” at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay at noon on Sunday, February 10, 2002, after she was banded by Sergej Postupalsky of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. |
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| Steve Blane, “Liberty” and Dr. Patrick Hourigan. | Her feet touch the earth once more... | ...but only for the briefest moment! Photo - C. Wallace |
Home again, and free! |
| Fellow Mortals wishes to thank the following people for their contributions to “Liberty's” rehabilitation: Dr. Patrick Hourigan for veterinary care; Dr. Sergej Postupalsky, for banding the bird; Ryan Logterman, Logterman Plumbing, and Dan Osborne, Osborne Landscaping, for pounds of fish; Ken's Animal House for aeration pump and supplies for keeping the fish alive. A special thank you to the Clinton Topper for the photo of “Liberty” prior to her rescue. | |||
Photos, unless otherwise noted, by John T. Wallace II
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