World Bird
Sanctuary has been doing aerial surveys of Bald Eagles along the Mississippi
River for over 30 years.
Counters Emily Hall and Sara Carter,
Recorder Mike Zieloski,ready to do
a census flight
World Bird
Sanctuary enlists volunteer pilots to fly from the Confluence of the Missouri
and Mississippi Rivers north to 6 miles north of Quincy Illinois. We count the
Bald Eagles along the river.
Pilot Joe St. Clair fills out paperwork
while Emily Hall looks on
The pilot
for this flight was Joe St. Clair, who volunteers his services to an
organization called Wings of Hope.
Wings of Hope flies out of Spirit Airport in Chesterfield Missouri. They
fly medical missions to children’s hospitals and to 47 countries around the
globe.
Our
pilots, who share a Cessna 185 high winged plane were unable to help us last
year due to issues with the plane.
Joe St.Clair shares the plane with Paul Knese and others. Paul has
helped with Eagle Census Flights, too.
We are
looking for additional pilots with Cessna high winged planes to help with the
census this December, January and February. We often see some amazing wildlife on these flights, and
some years some interesting ice formations.
If you
know of a pilot who could help us please contact Jeff Meshach, Director, World Bird Sanctuary at 636-861-3225.
Emily Hall and Sara Carter ready for take-off
We would
like to continue our multi year study of Bald Eagles along the Mississippi
River.
Photos and
Story submitted by Michael Zeloski, World Bird Sanctuary Director of Education
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