The Eagle Lady is a photograph by Phyllis Taylor which was uploaded on September 17th, 2017.
The Eagle Lady
A photo of the memorial stone erected in the city of Homer in memory of Jean Keene, the Eagle Lady of Homer. It is located at the very end of the... more
Title
The Eagle Lady
Artist
Phyllis Taylor
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Photograph - Photography
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A photo of the memorial stone erected in the city of Homer in memory of Jean Keene, the Eagle Lady of Homer. It is located at the very end of the Homer spit on the water's edge.
Jean Keene (October 20, 1923 – January 13, 2009), also known as the Eagle Lady, was a former rodeo trick rider who became the subject of national attention due to her feeding of wild bald eagles on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. Although she had many supporters for the feedings, she was also criticized for drawing a large population of eagles to the area. After her death, the city of Homer passed a law prohibiting the feeding of predatory birds.
Keene's career as the "Eagle Lady" began shortly after her arrival in Homer, when one morning she noticed two bald eagles on the beach near her motorhome. Keene saw offering food to the eagles as a natural extension of her practice of keeping bird feeders filled with sunflower seeds for wild songbirds. She began to bring home surplus fish in a bucket from her job, and each morning would throw some fish to the eagles over the short driftwood fence she had made around her motorhome. By the end of that spring, a half-dozen eagles were showing up for breakfast. The eagles departed with the arrival of summer, when the Spit became more active with human visitors, but they returned in the winter when tourist season had ended, and Keene resumed the daily feeding. Within ten years, over 200 bald eagles were visiting during winter and early spring each day.
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