00:10Absolutely, today's the day. This eagle came in on in October, oh sorry, in August last year
00:16with lead poisoning. She was very high on the scale with lead poisoning. I'm surprised she
00:21survived. Lead poisoning is with ammunition. When people shoot kangaroos and leave them
00:34in the paddock, or they shoot rabbits and leave them in the paddock, the wedge-tailed
00:38eagles being carrion eaters, they come down and they gorge on the body. So it only takes
00:43a minuscule amount for it to poison an eagle. Her name is Autumn. She was found in August
01:00last year, so with her colouring I decided that Autumn was an appropriate name for her.
01:06Her age, she's at the dispersal stage, so she is a reasonably young bird, and she
01:15comes in at, she came in at 3.4 kilos. She's now 4.3 kilos, so she's gained a fair
01:23bit of weight.
01:36So, you know, we're over the moon. Neither of us slept last night, and we're really excited
01:42to have her release today.
01:57You
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