Member's good work recognized

WWIG member Erik Thomsen's timely and thoughtful actions in recognizing an eaglet in distress and vulnerable to further calamity and helping with the bird's rescue were recently recognized by the local media. Here are excerpts from the story on the WKBT website:

        As Wisconsin's eagle population grows, so does the number of eagles found injured.One woman is working to make sure those injuries don't mean the end of life in the wild.A few nights ago, raptor rehabilitator and veterinarian Dr. Laura Johnson got a special delivery from the Wisconsin DNR. It was a 12 week old eaglet in desperate need of her help. I examined her the night Mike had dropped her off, and she was very very thin, emaciated, kind of weak, really really hungry and constantly vocalizing for food," says Johnson.

Erik Thomsen found the bird standing in the middle of the road near Ferryville.

"Thought the thing would get hit because it was on a pretty fast corner, so I put out some orange cones, and flagged down traffic," says Thomsen. He also contacted authorities who were able to get the bird to safety. "I walked up to it and just laid the blanket over the bird and collected it and secured the wings and the head. Of course the final concern would be the talons," say Mike Cross, a warden for the Wisconsin DNR.


Thanks to Thomsen, the bird has a second chance at life in the wild.

Byron