LUCKY
LUCKY DAY.
IT
LUCKY DAY. IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF A LAKE, WE
NOTICED
IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF A LAKE, WE NOTICED BALD EAGLE ACTION, AT
FIRST.
WE
FIRST. WE GET UP CLOSER, AND HE
LEAVES,
WE GET UP CLOSER, AND HE LEAVES, BUT THEN, WE NOTICED
THERE'S
LEAVES, BUT THEN, WE NOTICED THERE'S ANOTHER BIRD.
IT'S
THERE'S ANOTHER BIRD. IT'S AN OSPREY, AND HE'S NOT
LEAVING,
IT'S AN OSPREY, AND HE'S NOT LEAVING, AND IT SEEMED THAT HE
WAS
LEAVING, AND IT SEEMED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO SWIM TO THE BOAT
TO
WAS TRYING TO SWIM TO THE BOAT TO RESCUE US.
>>
TO RESCUE US. >> I GRABBED A FLOATY BECAUSE
THERE
>> I GRABBED A FLOATY BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY I WAS GOING TO
BE
THERE IS NO WAY I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANG ONTO THIS BIRD
AND
BE ABLE TO HANG ONTO THIS BIRD AND SWIM AT THE SAME TIME.
HE
AND SWIM AT THE SAME TIME. HE FOLDED UP HIS WINGS, AND I
WRAPPED
HE FOLDED UP HIS WINGS, AND I WRAPPED THE TOWEL AROUND HIS
WINGS
WRAPPED THE TOWEL AROUND HIS WINGS AND HIS TALONS.
TO
WINGS AND HIS TALONS. TO OUR SURPRISE, THE BIRD WAS
VERY,
TO OUR SURPRISE, THE BIRD WAS VERY, VERY CALM.
IT'S
VERY, VERY CALM. IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE KNEW HE WAS
GOING
IT'S ALMOST LIKE HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE RESCUED.
>>
GOING TO BE RESCUED. >> SO WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE
EAGLE
>> SO WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE EAGLE AND THE OSPREY WERE
FIGHTING,
EAGLE AND THE OSPREY WERE FIGHTING, AND THE OSPREY ENDED
UP
FIGHTING, AND THE OSPREY ENDED UP IN THE WATER.
>>
UP IN THE WATER. >> Renee: THEY WERE ABLE TO GET
THE
>> Renee: THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE OSPREY TO A RESCUE CENTRE,
AND
THE OSPREY TO A RESCUE CENTRE, AND IT DID NEED STITCHES FOR A
NUMBER
AND IT DID NEED STITCHES FOR A NUMBER OF CUTS UNDER ITS WING.
BUT
NUMBER OF CUTS UNDER ITS WING. BUT THEY NAMED IT LUCKY, AND
THEY
BUT THEY NAMED IT LUCKY, AND THEY HOPE TO BE THERE WHEN THE
BIRD
THEY HOPE TO BE THERE WHEN THE BIRD IS RELEASED BACK INTO THE