Eye out for eagles

A rehabilitated eagle will be released by the provincial Department of Natural Resources during Sheffield Mill’s annual Eagle Watch. “They wanted to make sure that there would be enough food to it to get through the winter,” says organizer Richard Hennigar.

The caged raptor will be freed at 10 a.m. Jan. 27 at the main feeding site at the end of Middle Dyke Road.

The 17th annual Eagle Watch starts this weekend and will run for three weekends. Eagles are in the area from late November until early March, but January and early February are the best months for viewing. Many other raptors are also present.

Hennigar says, new this year, is an invitational art show. “We have 16 artists coming and they use multimedia, from carving to stained glass,” he says. Admission to the displays upstairs at the Sheffield Mills Community Centre is $1. The displays will also be open Feb. 9 to Feb. 10.

Bookings for school visits are encouraged weekdays from Jan. 28 to Feb. 8.

On the food front, Hennigar promises, the menu at the hall is enhanced this year and all the main ingredients will be local. January 26 and Jan. 27, a pancake and sausage breakfast will run from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Musical entertainment starts out with Adam Bazinet, who will perform early in the morning, followed by t@b.

A baked bean supper will be served at the Lloyd Memorial Centre in Kingsport from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Trinity United Church in Canning will host a variety supper, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

January 27, the entertainment in the community centre will be Johanne McInnis, with harp and hymns. From mid-morning until noon, the Celtic Session Band will be playing.

The Medford Women’s Institute luncheon will offer up homemade soup or chowder in the United Church Hall, Kingsport, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

February 2 to Feb. 3, breakfast continues in Sheffield Mills. Johanne McInnis will entertain again, along with t@b. The luncheon at the Lloyd Memorial Centre will continue from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

February 3, entertainment during breakfast features Gib McInnis, mid-morning to noon; then, Susan Ueffing; and, finally, Good Intentions will play traditional Celtic, country and folk music.

For a map of viewing sites, the centre is open until 3 p.m. all three weekends.

Weblinks:

http://www.eaglens.ca/