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Animal attraction – QC Bald Eagle Days brings in big crowd

By: Dave Thompson|January 8, 2024
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    • Taryn Leach, a naturalist with the World Bird Sanctuary, holds a bald eagle named McGwire as it tries to take flight on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, during the 2024 Quad Cities Bald Eagle Days event. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    The animals on display at the 2024 Quad Cities Bald Eagle Days event at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island were the center of attention – and the center of most questions.

    Taryn Leach, a naturalist with the World Bird Sanctuary of St. Louis, was on the receiving end of many…

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