Existing comment:
This marked the official opening of a new bald eagle exhibit at the zoo. The eagles, neither of whom can fly due to accidents, themselves had been maintained at a rehabilitation center near Dollywood (Dolly Parton being a big backer of this sort of thing) and she had been in town that week to perform at the Capital as well as turn over the eagles. The new enclosure is topless (since the birds can't fly) as well as fairly open so you can actually photograph them.
The same day as the exhibit opened, however, it turns out the zoo found that their third eagle, in a more traditional cage was found dead from a predator attack, later identified as being from a fox. I suspect that the days of the open cage are now numbered. |