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Enna Lugo, right, Fairfax County police department animal control division animal control officer, who retrieved this eagle in distress in Kingstowne, helps Edward Clark Jr., left, President of The Wildlife Center of Virginia, as they ready the female eagle for release in Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Mason Neck, Va.
Fairfax County (Map, News) - It was just like former Attorney General John Ashcroft sang it: “Let the eagle soar, like she’s never soared before.”
A rehabilitated bald eagle was set loose at Mason Neck State Park on Wednesday afternoon, a month after it was found sick and unable to fly in Fairfax County.
“The bird took off like she was shot out of a rocket; it was beautiful,” said Ed Clark, president of the Wildlife Center of Virginia, which treated the eagle.
The bird was taken to the center in late September after a citizen found it near the 6500 block of Parish Glebe Lane in Kingstowne. Animal hospital staff found she was suffering from a fungal respiratory infection that caused fluid to build up around her heart, Clark said. After thousands of dollars worth of treatment, the eagle recovered.
Unlike the ill-fated Martha, the injured bald eagle that was euthanized in Delaware earlier this month after a midair scrap with another eagle, the bird released Wednesday was not given a name, only a number: 2,111. It was the 2,111th patient at the center this year when it arrived.
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Examiner Reader said:
Yeah, hardly any dog owners ever pick up after their dogs ... it is disgusting. How is it any differnt from humans using the streets for toilets? It smells just as bad. Why don't those people have their dogs crap and urinate in front of their OWN HOUSES instead of in front of MY HOUSE? My favorite comment this week "get over it -- when it rains, it will wash it away" ...uh, it is the month of MAY, idiot.
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Examiner Reader said:
Rather than pressuring SF to use dangerous chemicals the PGA ought to be threatening to stop having tournaments at golf courses that don't use recycled water. Harding Park uses Hetch Hetchy water. What a terrible waste.
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Examiner Reader said:
I wish Supervisor Maxwell and others so inclined, would stop with the comments re: the more affluent neighborhoods receiving the bulk of park funding. As an employee of the Recreation and Park Dept. I can tell you that, through the years, a lot of tax dollars have been allocated to the southeast quadrant of the city, more often at the expense of other areas of the city to address such concerns as playground/field maintenance and recreation programming. This is an area of the city that appears to expect certain entitlements, yet cannot uphold their end of the bargain to respect and work with our department to help maintain our resources. It's tiring to constantly hear that this area is so underfunded and how it's the Recreation and Parks Dept's fault for not doing this, or not doing that. When their play structures, buildings and equipment are vandalized and program attendance is low, we still make the necessary repairs and do the community outreach. And this is still our fault? C'
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Justine said:
it looks weird that the building is on a high side n the surrounding is low.. why not make it same plane field so it won't look like theres a huge building out of no where???!?!? or face the other building towards ryans park n not block behind JCC...
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Examiner Reader said:
You should see the beautiful 20,000 Christmas lights on the garden of eden on 2600 block of Eager street. This is the twelve years of lifting the spirit of the children and residents. Another example of what to do with a vacant lot - save lives. The lights are on from 5p.m. to 1.33a.m.
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Examiner Reader said:
The traffic on woodbine road is bad enough as it is so lets build something to bring in more. The people that were born and raised in woodbine have moved away because of the over crowding and the outsiders coming in. We don't need another yuppie park where people can drive in with their lexus', what about a park were you can drive your tractor in,you know something for the farm people.Lets listen to the people OF WOODBINE not the people thats lived here for a few years.
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Ryan said:
Its interesting that with such a large demand for the Volleyball courts, all of the proposals for the new park have less area for volleyball. There is nothing like city officals that don't listen to the people. You got to love it!
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