Today David Hancock was interviewed on Shaw TV's The Rush talk show.  It was taped today (Wednesday) at noon in Vancouver and will show starting this evening at 10 PM, 12 midnight, 2 AM and 10 AM tomorrow (Thursday) on Shaw TV channel 4.  It is a one hour show.

75 years old today!! Here's a picture I took of him in Alaska.

Flowers, slightly teary eyes, bubbles and cameras were just some of the sights Friday afternoon along the Sacramento River Trail as a group of about 20 eagle enthusiasts paid honor to the 6-year saga of an eagle pair that’s roosted at Turtle Bay Exploration Park.

The “Gathering for the Eagles,” an informal get-together of those who’ve followed the story of Liberty and Patriot, the eagles who gained fame after the community sided with them in a battle over their nest in a tree on the Sacramento River in 2007.

View the pictures and read the rest of the story here:

http://www.redding.com/news/2013/mar/29 ... bay-after/

Read the discussion thread for the Redding camera here:

Re: Turtle Bay, CA - 2013 - Bald Eagle Cam - Hancock Wildlife Foundation*

The Huffington Post  |  By Sara Gates Posted: 03/27/2013 1:10 pm EDT

Conservation officers got up close and personal with a wounded bald eagle in Hanover, Ill., last week.

In a striking video of the bald eagle rescue, Illinois conservation police surround the injured bird and swaddle it with a coat. The animal is then taken to a local wildlife rehabilitation center to be treated.

Read the rest of the story and view the video here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/2 ... 64127.html

Sandhill crane fitted with prosthesis to replace leg shattered by golf ball on B.C. course

CBC News Posted: Mar 24, 2013 5:26 PM PT Last Updated: Mar 24, 2013 5:24 PM PT
 

A sandhill crane, a rare sight in the Lower Mainland, is standing up again after losing a leg in an accident at a Richmond, B.C., golf course.

Elizabeth Melnick, who runs a non-profit wildlife rehabilitation centre in Abbotsford, said the bird's leg was shattered in early March when it was struck by a stray golf ball.

Read the rest of the story and see the video here: 
 

Eaglets have people talking because the area they were born in has a comback story of its own

By Megan Thomas, CBC News
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 7:06 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 28, 2013 11:54 AM ET
 

The first baby bald eagles born in the Hamilton area in decades are another sign that extensive efforts to rehabilitate the local environment are working, say those who work in conservation.

• READ: Eaglets hatch

By the early 1980s, bald eagles were all but extinct in the northern Lake Ontario region. In fact, there were only four active nests in all of the Great Lakes, largely due to the widespread use of the pesticide DDT.

Read the rest of the story and view the video here:
 

CBC News  Posted: Mar 27, 2013

A young porpoise rescued after it became stranded on a rock in Saanich Inlet north of Victoria is recovering at the Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre.

It is not known why the adult male porpoise stranded, but officials said it could have been stuck by a boat, chased by a predator such as a killer whale or could be suffering from an unknown illness.

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/03/27/bc-porpoise-rescued.html