Eye on the eagle

When the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife needed help recovering an injured eagle, the agency looked no farther than La Conner outdoorsman Tom Zimmerman. The ailing raptor, whose flight range was limited to about 200 yards over a local farm field, gave its blessing as well. "The eagle," Zimmerman, quipped, "could see by my labored attack that whatever I had was probably worse than what he had, so he gave up. He got a free ride to rehab."