Bird TLC is a bird rescue organization in Anchorage.  We checked out their autumn event today where we met their resident educational birds.  Some of the coolest were the golden eagle, bald eagle, snowy owl, hawk owl, and a peregrine falcon.  Kodi, a northwestern crow might be their best fundraiser.  He takes bills out of your hand and deposits them into a donation jar.  It is impossible to resist.

Representatives from the Anchorage zoo and another rescue facility bought porcupines as their ambassadors.  They are surprisingly cute and very tolerant of people so they are great fun to watch.

Best part?  They released a rehab juvenile bald eagle back into the wild.  He was one of five who had gotten too close to a dump fire out on one of the Aleutian Islands and his early flight feathers were burned.  He stayed at the center through one molt and is now good as new.  It was fantastic to watch those powerful wings lift him up into the clear blue sky and off out of sight.