Storm damage
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eve_primeFrom a news story by a local TV station:
While many in the Willamette Valley were bunkered inside, waiting out the worst of the winter storm that buffeted the region over the past weekend, Cascades Raptor Center Staff trekked through ice and debris, looking for an owl.
“When we arrived at the Center and saw the damage, we were terrified,” said Trainer Carrie Lorenz as she recounted the moment she and the other trainers arrived on-site Tuesday morning to find the destroyed aviary of Lorax, a Great Horned Owl that serves as an Ambassador Animal for the Raptor Center.
“We all went into action mode, doing anything we could to remove the tree debris and make sure she wasn’t still in the rubble. We were all fearing for the worst. As we were heading back with our axes to clear the tree, we were calling out for her just in case. All of a sudden we heard her calling back to us. We ran up the hill towards her call, and there she was: perched in a tree near another aviary. It was the biggest relief imaginable. I put out my glove and she flew right down to it, which was the best feeling in the world. As trainers, we spend a lot of time developing a strong relationship between us and the birds we work with. I’m so glad our relationship with Lorax was strong enough that she trusted me, and flew right down to the glove even after that traumatic experience.”
https://kval.com/news/local/cascades-raptor-center-faces-significant-damages-after-winter-weather-destroys-aviaries
(I'm using my Spencer Butte icon because the Raptor Center is on the east - left - side of the Butte.)
While many in the Willamette Valley were bunkered inside, waiting out the worst of the winter storm that buffeted the region over the past weekend, Cascades Raptor Center Staff trekked through ice and debris, looking for an owl.
“When we arrived at the Center and saw the damage, we were terrified,” said Trainer Carrie Lorenz as she recounted the moment she and the other trainers arrived on-site Tuesday morning to find the destroyed aviary of Lorax, a Great Horned Owl that serves as an Ambassador Animal for the Raptor Center.
“We all went into action mode, doing anything we could to remove the tree debris and make sure she wasn’t still in the rubble. We were all fearing for the worst. As we were heading back with our axes to clear the tree, we were calling out for her just in case. All of a sudden we heard her calling back to us. We ran up the hill towards her call, and there she was: perched in a tree near another aviary. It was the biggest relief imaginable. I put out my glove and she flew right down to it, which was the best feeling in the world. As trainers, we spend a lot of time developing a strong relationship between us and the birds we work with. I’m so glad our relationship with Lorax was strong enough that she trusted me, and flew right down to the glove even after that traumatic experience.”
https://kval.com/news/local/cascades-raptor-center-faces-significant-damages-after-winter-weather-destroys-aviaries
(I'm using my Spencer Butte icon because the Raptor Center is on the east - left - side of the Butte.)
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