From broken wings to bright futures, bald eagles take flight in biannual event

From broken wings to bright futures, bald eagles take flight in biannual event

Alaska Raptor Center Wildlife Interpreter Sean Wyantfelter releases the rehabilitated raptor named Agnes (KCAW/Cotter) Over a hundred people are spread out over a wide patch of muskeg, bright and early on a Saturday morning. Locals and tourists stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a single-file line across a gravel trail, buzzing with anticipation for the beginning of one of Sitka’s biggest biannual traditions: the release of rehabilitated birds of pre…