Joe Manio

Lethbridge Herald

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

It was a good day to fly away…to freedom. And despite overcast skies and intermittent light rain, nothing could dampen the joy of releasing six rehabilitated raptors from the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre in Coaldale back into the wild.

The birds were all from Lethbridge and were released into the skies above Cottonwood Park on the West Side.

“We had six birds (today)…four Swainson’s Hawks, one Merlin Falcon and one Short-eared Owl,” said Alberta Bird of Prey Centre executive director Colin Weir. “And all of these birds have come from the city of Lethbridge over the past two or three years.”

Weir said Cottonwood Park is a great place to release the raptors because it’s putting them right back in the habitat where they ca

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