Was the Eagle release necessary? -- YouTube link included.

crfische

Well? Was it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7kXVP1XxMQ

crfische

Well, how about, did any of you SEE the Eagle release?

eastunder1

I want to fly like an eagle, let my spirit carry me?

WildRumpus

Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings...?

lauralaur

I should have done that at my wedding. How cool would that have been?

Were they not planning to release the mature bird until they discovered that the younger one couldn't go?

ricksang

Yes. I saw it. I did not like it my H thought it was cool. I bet the little guy was scared!

MeaghanandMichael

Well I just googled this since apparently I have been living in a hole and it seems like a really unnecessary event.

MY question is... are you READY for the big game tonight??

sarah0725

Jesus, man, can you change the channel? I've had a rough night, and I hate the fucking Eagles, man.

[Deleted User]

Michael Vick?  

No idea what is happening...

crfische

Right? When I say him over there, I was like, oh shiit, they are gonna let that guy fly around during the national anthem, aren't they.

Sure as shiit.

Some say loooooooveeee it isssss a riiivvveerrrrr...

FUUCK wrong token Bette Midler song.

[Deleted User]

At the Jets game?  

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Yes, and I thought it was lame. Poor eagle was probably annoyed at having to fly around a stadium with 80,000 cheering people.

ricksang

Yes, at the colts game.

crfische

Yes mam. The Jets-Colts game. They let the Bald Eagle out to fly around the stadium during the SSB.

AmoroAgain

What the what?  They released an Eagle before the Jets/Colts game? 

lauralaur

Oh haha! I missed that. I googled "eagle release" and came up with something much different.

AmoroAgain

That's ricockulous.  Why do we need to have extravaganza's during the national anthem?  It doesn't make us more patriotic, yo's!

Of course, H thought it was cool.  *eye roll*

MeaghanandMichael

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_eagle-release-necessary?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:5582aaea-3d4a-4016-942a-8d559ced0201Post:1d0ee37b-5bc2-4344-a3ee-cd91f29ff8ba">Re: Was the Eagle release necessary?</a>:
[QUOTE]Jesus, man, can you change the channel? I've had a rough night, and I hate the fucking Eagles, man.
Posted by sarah0725[/QUOTE]

You're out of your element Donny.

crfische

Meaghan!  I miss your pretty face.

[Deleted User]

I'm "watching" the game in that it's on TV and I missed it.  Damn.

Mrs.B6302007

Was it a Bald Eagle?  Because they're super protected and everything, is that even "legal"? 

crfische

This just came up on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7kXVP1XxMQ

MeaghanandMichael

I miss yours as well... I'll tell you though, as a Patriots fan it is downright depressing watching the Colts and Jets battle it out right now. Seriously, could there be a worse combo vying for the bowl right now? blaaaah.

sarah0725

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_eagle-release-necessary?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:5582aaea-3d4a-4016-942a-8d559ced0201Post:c9029961-2c7a-4e3d-8427-753eca29e227">Re: Was the Eagle release necessary?</a>:
[QUOTE]Was it a Bald Eagle?  Because they're super protected and everything, is that even "legal"? 
Posted by Mrs.B6302007[/QUOTE]

I don't think bald eagles are on the endangered species list anymore. Also, there are laws that make it okay for a falconer to train birds of prey, even protected species sometimes. I'm not sure what this entails, but one time I was at a park and there was a falconer there with a red tailed hawk, and that was kinda cool.

Mrs.B6302007

Regardless of their endangered status, aren't they protected just b/c they're the national bird?

ETA: Did the Audobon Society do this?

sarah0725

You'd be surprised. They got moved off the endangered list as one of many acts of the Bush Administration's quiet campaign to stomp out all beautiful living things, and a lot of their habitats are being cut down as a result. It's sad, because they were doing really well there for a while, but they'll be back on the list soon.

Incidentally, I hate listening to pop singers or off-key seven year olds sing the national anthem. It should be for awesome choirs only.

tlv204

Actually at opening day for the Cardinals at Busch Stadium every single year they release a bald eagle, I guess since it's Anheuser-Busch's symbol or something. I mean professional bird handlers come do it and it just flies around the stadium once, but I never really thought about it I guess because I was used to it.  Hmm, it is kind of silly now that I think about it. I wonder if they use the same bird several times or a new one each time.

aggiebug

Bald Eagles are still protected because they are a national symbol.  There is actually a federal investigation going on in my area b/c a bald eagle was shot. (the eagle lived but won't be able to fly). 

That being said Sarah is right that falconers can be granted permission to keep one, typically they are rehabed birds that would never be fit to live in the wild. 

I have to say, it would be neat to see a bald eagle soaring around the staduim during the National Anthem!