Scouts

Hi everyone, I got to go with my human to something called a scout group! Not sure exactly what that is but we were there to honor someone they called an Eagle Scout so it must be pretty cool. Congratulations Kelsey on becoming an Eagle. I don't think he can fly though, these silly humans think they can do a lot of stuff but I don't think they can fly like an Eagle!! I took my human to meet some other scouts last week too, they called these scouts cub scouts. Now I have heard of cubs before and they didn't look like any I have seen!!! Oh well, it was really fun talking to the little humans and the big ones too.

The little humans were like "WOW" when I flapped my wings for them...I was really trying to schwack my human, he he he!! It was a real fun time and my human said he would put pictures up when he gets them. He said to tell you there is something called a link where you can see the little humans called cubs and their big humans too. Thanks for stopping in and don't forget to check the Bird TLC calendar for more upcoming events. http://picasaweb.google.com/dlarend/BirdTLCVisitPetraTheBaldEagle41708?authkey=bPFz98gIL4g

FWS Thank you

Hi everyone, sorry it has been a while. My human has been busy doing human things and I have been busy with Eagle stuff. I wanted to tell you about the trip I took my human on to see the nice people at the Fish and Wildlife office. They had a nice meeting to thank all the nice people at the Bird TLC, ERA Aviation, Alaska Airlines and lots of other people who helped my cousins from Kodiak who got in trouble with the fish goo.

I just wanted to say thank you to all of the nice people who helped them too. I apologize if I forgot someone. Thank you all for all you did. Petra.

Thank you all for your support

Hi everyone, I am so excited. My human told me I won the Bird of the Year campaign. The information is a little late coming from my human but he and all the nice people at the Bird TLC have been busy taking care of my cousins from Kodiak. I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you to everyone who supported the campaign. Not just those who voted for me but everyone who voted and especially my fellow candidates, Gus and Crawford.

It is such an honor to be voted Bird of the Year. I can't wait to get out on the road with my human and see all the nice people here in Alaska. Don't forget to get out this year and enjoy seeing my cousins and all the other members of my extended feathered family. You can see them at all kinds of neat places like Potter Marsh, Ship Creek hatchery and sooo many other beautiful places here in our great state.

One last thank you to all the people who are helping to take care of my cousins by giving them baths and helping them get the goo off of them. Also to all the nice people bringing in the fish for them to eat. I know they will be real hungry after the silly humans get done with them!! That is all for now, thank you for stopping by.

Oops, I almost forgot to tell you about the tv people who came to see us at the center. My human says that the Animal Planet will be showing something about the Bird TLC on February 8th at 9:30 pm. Wow, a planet of animals...how cool is that!!

Petra

Congrats to my human

Hi everyone,

I am so excited for my human, he passed his state falconry exam on Tuesday. He was really happy and said he can't wait to get more involved with it. I am not the jealous type but he better not spend too much time with other birds or I will have to bite him one!!! I'm not worried about that, he is a good human. I have to go now, lots of eagle things to take care of; preening, playing and playing in the water. More fun stories and info to come. Thanks for stopping by. Talk to you soon.

Petra

Please vote for me, thank you.

Hi everyone, I hope you have enjoyed my page. My human thought it would be a good idea to let you all know that I have been nominated for Bird of the Year at the Bird TLC. What is Bird of the Year you ask? Well, my friends Crawford the Raven, Gus the Great Horned Owl and I are all campaigning for the honor. We all have special causes that we are sharing information about to help spread the word about.

I am campaigning on the Protection and good use of birding places in Alaska platform. I want to tell people about all the great places they can go and see all of my feathered friends and family. My favorite bird place outside of the Bird TLC is Potter Marsh, a really neat place to see all kinds of us bird types. If I am elected as Bird of the Year, I will encourage people to get out and enjoy all these great places in our great state. Also, I will urge people to continue to support good management of these areas for all of our human friends and wild types to enjoy.

Do you like stories? I sure do. My favorite stories are Eagle Release stories and I think my human really likes them to. My human tells me that the nice people at the Bird TLC have returned about 19 of my cousins back to the wild this year with some of them at my favorite place, Potter Marsh. This is where the Bird TLC is trying to get a new place for me and my friends who live there and all of our friends and family in treatment to live. It sure sounds like a nice place, I hope we can move in soon. I hope you can come out and see one of my cousins get to go back to the wild.

Every $5 donation will get me or my friends one vote. Now don't think we are just in this to get your money. The people at the Bird TLC are what the humans call volunteers and I hear them talking about needing donations to keep things running smooth. They see a lot of different kinds of us birds every year, I heard them say between 600 and 800 birds. WOW, that is a lot of us. They also say they want to know what is important to the other humans out there about the mission here at the Bird TLC.

Thank you for stopping by to see what I have been up to lately and don't forget....Vote for PETRA for Bird of the Year. If you need more information, contact the Bird TLC at 562-4850. The nice people there will be happy to give you more details on how to cast your vote. Thanks again and see you here soon.

Petra

Lots and lots of kids

Hi again. Thought I would tell you about what I did today with my human. Todd took me to a place called Anchorage Christian School, I don't know what one of those is but I had fun and got to see a lot of kids. I really like going out to see kids. They make me feel good when they see me and make a funny human sound kind of like and owl but more like oooooohhhhh instead of whoooooo.

I got to come out of my travel box four times today at the school. Whew, that was a lot of work standing up on my humans glove four times for about an hour each time but it was fun. I got to take a break in between and relax and make sure my feathers looked nice for my next appearance. No, I am not trying to act like a special bird, I just want to look my best for the people who come to see me. There were young kids and some older kids and some grown up humans too.

The kids are so fun, I flapped my wings really hard a couple times and jumped off my humans glove a couple times. The kids thought that was pretty neat. They had all kinds of questions for him; what do I eat, how old am I, can I go under water and a lot more. He did good with answering them all. He is real good with the kids, I think that might be why his mate says he acts like a kid sometimes!!!

I will peck him to get pictures from our day at the school on here soon too so you can see some of my new friends and how much fun we had today. Well, this one is kind of short for now. I have to go do Eagle things but I will let you know when the pictures are up. Thanks for checking out my latest adventure.

Petra

Long road trip

Hi everyone, I took a long road trip with my human and his mate (my silly human calls her his wife, not sure what that is but sounds kind of cool) this past weekend. My human took me down to Homer. I hear there are a lot of my cousins that hang out down there and see a lady named Jean. I got to meet her. WOW, is she nice. I heard the humans talking about how Jean puts out salmon for my cousins when it is cold out. I got to have my picture taken with her, pretty neat to meet someone famous!! I will talk to my human and get him to put the pictures on here so you can all see.

Well, let me tell you about our trip to Homer. It was a long drive and I was kind of nervous because it was snowing and yuky on the drive there. But I didn't worry to much, my human is very careful when we go out and about. When we got there Friday afternoon it was pretty windy and a little rainy. Todd was talking to Dave, another human friend who takes care of my close friend Ghost the snowy owl. They were talking about releasing one of my cousins who had been at the Bird TLC for a while. He was found down there in Homer and not feeling well but the nice people at the TLC helped him get better and go back home.

There were a lot of people who came out to see us and watch my cousin go home. The humans were talking about my first caretaker Leslie and her little girl Morgan and remembering the good times and good things she did. I got to see an old friend who helped Leslie take care of me when I lived with them, Linda Stevens and her mate John. They are sooo nice. All the people were talking about something called a fund raiser for John because he isn't feeling good either. It was neat to see all the people come out to support Leslie, Morgan, Linda and John. Thank you nice humans.

When my cousin left the box that he was in he got picked on by a bunch of darn ravens. Boy, I felt bad for my cousin, just trying to get home and getting messed with. Some birds kids....can't take them anywhere!!!

After my human talked to the people for a little bit and told them about me and how I used to live with Leslie and now live at the TLC, we said bye bye birdie to my cousin and headed back to Anchorage. I like how the humans nest when they travel. We stayed in something called a hotel. Not as nice as a big nest way up in a tree but it did the trick. We had a good trip and I got a nice rat when we got back to the center, mmmm mmmm good. Nothing like a nice juicy rat after a long trip.

I will peck my human to get the pictures up for you to see as soon as he can. Until next time, thanks for checking out my latest adventure.

Petra