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Group helps get eagles off to good start in wild
By Mike Brassfield
Kansan staff writer
The golden eagle at the Free State Brewery on Saturday did not have a name.
The 10-pound, 10-year-old bird was in a cage in the beer garden behind the brewery, $68 Massachusetts St.
The eagle had dark brown feathers and an intense, penetrating stare. Because one of its wings was crippled by a gunshot wound it had received in Colorado, the bird would spend the rest of its life in captivity.
But it did not have a name.
"We don't name them because that would be a step toward domesticating them," said Maure Wigel, director of the Prairie Raptor Project. "It would take away from their wildness. They're not pets."
The eagle in the cage is used for educational purposes, he said. Weigel used the bird to teach people how to brewery for six hours Saturday.
Indeed, keeping eagles wild is the main idea of the Prairie Raptor Project. Weigel said during a slide show presentation.
Raptors are birds of prey, such as eagles, hawks, owls and falcons, but the project focuses on eagles. Weiget said. The 11-year-old project, based itself, is dedicated to increasing the number of wild golden eagles in Kansas.
The project takes immature eagles born in captivity and releases them into the wild.
The project receives 8 week-old birds from zoos and aviaries across the country. The birds are kept in a cozy enclosure on desalted buffles near Russell.
When the birds are 11 weeks old,
the cages are opened. The eagles
stay in the cages for a few hours until
they are brave enough to fly, he said.
"We are caretakers and mothers to the eagles, but we don't want them to know that." Weigel said.
"They usually crash land in the valley or fly into a tree," he said. "They know they can fly, but they don't know how yet."
The eagles are fed at night through metal chutes in the cages. Project workers sneak up to the cages to be as insinculous as possible.
the project keeps track of the eagles for about three months after they have been set free. The project is a long-term program because the eagles do not breed until they are 4 or 5 years old, he said.
John DuBois, Lawrence senior,
said. "I think this is an interesting
and worthwhile cause. I was nice to
hear that there are healthy Colorado
forests." Colorado. You always hear about birds of prey that are disappearing."
Monday
Noon to 1 p.m. - KJKH 15th birthday Celebration. Disc jacks from the station's inception will spin records in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Kickoff for Alcohol Awareness Week, sponsored by BACCHUS, at Wesco Beach
ship Organization meeting at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
2:30 p.m. -- Improving a Resume, work
workshop sponsored by the University Placement
Center at 149 Burge Union
6:30 p.m. -- Re-orientation session for fine arts students at Hashing河 Hall Theatre
6:30 p.m. -- KU Tiae Kun Do Club work at 207 Robinson Center, also at 6:30 Wemens
4 p.m. - Physics and Astronomy Colloquium lecture by Ken Wong, at 3005 Mollott Hall
6:30 p.m. - Hispanic-American Leader
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7 p.m. — Women's Student Union meeting at Hillary Day Room in the Burgeon Union
8 p.m. — Alcohol Awareness Week talk by Barbara Rallard, at Olive Hall
7-30 p.m. — Art lecture, "LA Art of the
'69s" by Paul Kartsimen, at 211 Spencer Art
Museum
Tuesday
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Science and Engineering Libraries Books Sale on the Southeast Portion of Anschutz Science Library Also Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
7:30 a.m. — Organization of Adult Knowledge Seekers meeting in the non-smoking section of the Kansas University cafeteria
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Commuters Club luncheon at Alcove I in the Kansas Union catalea
4 p.m. — KU study abroad in French-
speaking countries informational meeting, at
2055 Wesson Hall
3:30 p.m. — Resume Review workshop sponsored by the University Placement Center, at 149 Burge Union.
6 p.m. — Stress reduction class at 138
Robinson Center, part of an eight-week course.
Also thursdays at 12:10 p.m. at 138 Robinson
Center
**Noon to a talk:** Discover Mali (West of Africa), a talk presented by Amah Kone, a student from Mali, sponsored by the African Union, at Association, *Alaf* in Dc. the Kansas Union
Society meeting at the International Room in the Kansas Union Refreshments will be served
6 p.m. — Golden Key National Honor
6 p.m. — KU Students Against Hunger meeting at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union
7 p.m. - Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSRA) meeting at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union.
7 p.m. - Preparing for Exams workshop sponsored by the Student Assistance Center, at 4012 Westcoast Hall
7:30 p.m. — Anorexia Nervosa and Related Disorders support group meeting at 20 Watkins Memorial Health Center
7:30 p.m. — Alcohol Awareness Week
discussion by Frank Hawk. "Has Stress
Become an Elephant in Your Room?" at
Templeton Hall Ibis
8 p.m. – KU Conservatives for Finney campaign organization meeting at Alcove H in the Kansas Union
8:30 p.m. — KU Fencing Club instruction and practice in fencing, at 130 Robinson Center. Also thursdays at 8:30 p.m. at 130 Robinson.
Wednesdav
**Noon** — KJHK, concert, with the band
"Material issue" in front of the Kansas Union,
in celebrate KJHK's 15th birthday
12:10 p.m. — Weight control program,
"Overcoming Overeating" part of an eight-
week course, meeting at 138 Robinson Center.
Also at 6:30 p.m. at 138 Robinson.
1 p.m. — Lunchroom with members of Student Senate for anyone who wishes to meet the leaders of Student Senate and voice concerns, at alma D. in the Kansas Union.
2:30 p.m. -- Study abroad informational meeting at 4 Fraser Hall, sponsored by the Office of Study Abroad.
2. 30 p.m. — Interview Preparation workshop sponsored by the University Placement Center, at 149 Burge Union.
3:30 p.m. — Foreign Student Employment Workshop sponsored by Foreign Student Services, at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union.
7 p.m. - Portrait of Shaw in the Media, facilitated by Susanne Shaw, associate professor of journalism, at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
7 p.m. — Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction meeting at Alcove C in the Kansas Union
7 p.m. - KU Latter-day Saint Student Association meeting at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union.
7 p.m. — Alcohol Awareness Week talk,
"Do You Know an Elephant?" at fifth floor
lobbory of McCormick Hall.
Health, P.E. and Recreation students, at Oliver Hall lobby
6 p.m. — Environs meeting at Partor C in the Kansas Union
7 p.m. — KU Chess Club meeting at the Kaunas Union
7:30 p.m. — Orthodox Christians on Campus meeting at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union.
6:30 p.m. — Re-orientation session for
7:30 p.m. - Jayhawk Audubon Society program on "The Inland Sea Patterns and Perceptions of Native Prairie," at the Presbyterian Manor, 15th Street and Kaiser Drive.
■ Noon — Alcohol Awareness Week cake ceremony in front of Wescoe Hall. A lighting of 33 candles to symbolize the alcohol-related incidents in Kansas last year.
Thursday
2:30 p.m. — Interview for Success workshop sponsored by the University Placement Center, at 149 Burge Union.
3 p.m. --- Study abroad programs in Spanish-speaking countries informational site 9040 Warecus Hall
6:30 p.m. — KU Christian Science Student Organization meeting at Alcove C in the Kansas University
6 p.m. — KU-ACLU meeting at Alcove B in
liberal arts and sciences students, at the
Watkins Boom in the Kansas Union.
7 p.m. — Discussion on dysfunctional families, part of Alcohol Awareness Week, at the eighth floor lobby of Hassinger Hall.
7 p.m. — KU Equestrian Club meeting at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union.
6:30 p.m. --- Re-orientation session for
1 p.m. — Organization of Adult Knowledge Seekers business meeting at Alcove A in the Kansas Union cafeteria
Friday
7:30 p.m. — Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas meeting at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union.
7:30 p.m. — KU International Folk Dance
Club instruction and practice in dancing at St. John's School gym, 12th Street between Kentucky and Vermont. No dancing partners necessary.
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