Thursday was Wildlife Day at the West Virginia Legislature. Biologists from the Department of Natural Resources and representatives from other ecologically friendly groups brought information and animals native to West Virginia to Charleston to further educate the public on animal life in the Mountain State.
This is Thunder, a bald Eagle from the West Virginia Raptor Rehabilitation Center. She was injured in Jackson County, WV and is now a permanent resident of the Raptor Center.
Children were able to get up close and personal with the animals, handled by trained DNR people. This is an Eastern Corn Snake which can grow up to six feet in length and is native to the Eastern Panhandle, where they are often found in farmlands and feed on small rodents.
Ron and Wendy from Three Rivers Avian Center were there too with Spirit the Eagle and three other Birds of Prey who call the Center near Brooks, WV home. Ron and Wendy host events at the Avian Center year round. Check their website for dates and times.
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