Residents learn about wildlife at Eagle Day

A volunteer from Operation WildLife talked with members of the audience after an Eagle Day presentation on Sunday, Jan. 20, at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Lake Park, as one young patron donated funds to the nonprofit organization. The organization helped thousands in the past year. Operation WildLife also was selling prints of paintings to raise funds. Eagle Day was presented by Operation WildLife ; the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library; Kansas City Board of Public Utilities; the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library; Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools; and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, Parks and Recreation Department. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
Ryann Van Goethem, right, made a craft as part of the Eagle Day activities on Sunday at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Park. She was assisted by her mother, Vanessa Van Goethem-Piela, left. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
Visitors to Eagle Day today at Wyandotte County Lake Park talked with Operation WildLife volunteers at the 18th annual Eagle Day at Wyandotte County Lake Park. Presentations were at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library and at James P. Davis Hall at the lake park. Eagle Day was presented by Operation WildLife ; the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library; Kansas City Board of Public Utilities; the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library; Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools; and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, Parks and Recreation Department. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
Volunteers with Operation WildLife assisted with the Eagle Day presentation on Sunday at the James P. Davis Hall, Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
A member of the audience assisted an Operation WildLife volunteer in demonstrating the wingspan of an eagle at the Eagle Day presentation Sunday at the James P. Davis Hall at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
An Operation WildLife volunteer gave an educational presentation about birds of prey at Eagle Daye Sunday at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
Operation WildLife volunteers showed the different colors of feathers on a bald eagle that is younger, as compared to one that is older. This Eagle Day presentation was Sunday at the James P. Davis Hall at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
An Operation WildLife volunteer described efforts to rehabilitate injured birds. The presentation was Sunday at Eagle Day at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
An Operation WildLife volunteer gave a talk Sunday at Eagle Day at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
How much does an eagle weigh? An audience member, right, found out with an equivalent weight at Eagle Day Sunday at the James P. Davis Hall, Wyandotte County Lake Park. An Operation WildLife volunteer assisted. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
A bald eagle from Operation WildLife was on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the James P. Davis Hall, Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
Members of the audience asked questions after an Eagle Day presentation Sunday at the James P. Davis Hall, Wyandotte County Lake Park. Operation WildLife volunteers answered the questions. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
A bald eagle photographic display by Ric Westman was on display at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo)


More birds from Operation WildLife , including a great horned owl, were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife , including this turkey vulture, were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the James P. Davis Hall at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the James P. Davis Hall at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert) )
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the James P. Davis Hall at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the James P. Davis Hall at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the James P. Davis Hall at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the James P. Davis Hall at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the James P. Davis Hall at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the James P. Davis Hall at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)
More birds from Operation WildLife were on display on Sunday at Eagle Day at the James P. Davis Hall at Wyandotte County Lake Park. (Staff photo by Mary Rupert)