An appeal to this bird community..Please!!

[KJS]

I am not sure if this is where I should be to post this, but knowing we are all bird lovers.....I'm not sure how many of us watch any of the many "bird cams" and if anyone is familiar with the eaglet family at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens in Virginia. The bald eagle nest there recently had a horrible tragedy. 3 weeks ago the mother eagle was struck and killed by an airplane while fishing with her mate to feed her 3 eaglets. It was decided that the father would not be able to take care of his babies (even though he tried), they were removed and taken to the Wildlife Center of Virginia and will be released sometime in August. The center built a nest and put up a cam to watch 24/7....and the moderators are still answering questions every day. My plea to all who appreciate all of the wonderful people involved with the care of these babies (and to other wonderful wildlife) to go to Chase Community Giving on Facebook and vote for both Wildlife Center of Virginia and Norfolk Botanical Gardens!! Please also visit their sites..........it has been so very sad, but heart warming as well. The dad eagle did return to his empty nest several times (can be viewed on YouTube) but has been seen everyday doing his "eagle thing" and the babies have grown and are doing great. Thank you to all the bird loving community!!! Hurry to vote.....it ends in a couple of days!!!

 

[andrea.faerie]

This is in my home town. The eagles are very very loved here. I know that any help at all for these magnificent creatures will be well appreciated. We have several nesting pairs of eagles around our area, the botanical gardens' eagles were the most well known and popular. thanks so much for posting about them

 

[Tammy]

Voted! Thanks for taking the time to post this.

 

[KJS]

Please vote if you have not already done so..........today is the deadline.

 

[andrea.faerie]

we're in 6th place

 

[Spiritbird]

I watched these babies hatch and grow up as much as time would allow. I too was severely heartbroken when the accident happened that killed mom eagle. I posted the link to this site here and updated peope as much as I could. Thank so much for your post and we all need to vote.