A Harris's eagle perched on a tree branch in the heart of Arrecife. This is what passers-by who were walking through the city's Theme Park were able to see this Wednesday morning. Cabildo Environment personnel, with a falconer at the head who works for the airport, has spent several hours trying to attract the bird's attention to recover it. After spending the whole morning blocking the passage in that area, seeking stealth so as not to scare this protected animal and prevent it from taking flight again, they finally succeeded.
The notice was received on Tuesday afternoon, after a young man spotted the bird in El Cable. They went in search of it, but without success. Already this Wednesday, Arrecife taxi drivers have alerted them that the bird was in the Theme Park and the Environment workers have gone there. The eagle, according to the falconer himself, "has a ring and has jesses" (the two small strips of leather that are tied to the end of the legs to be able to tie it to its perch or control it when it goes on the glove), so "it has to be a hunting falconry bird". Despite this, it is unknown "who the breeder is", since they have not received any report of its disappearance.
Several cones cordoned off the section of Fred Olsen Avenue that is in front of the bus interchange and a local police officer made sure that the curious and passers-by stayed away from the area. Meanwhile, the falconer was trying to attract the eagle's attention with a dove that, held by its legs to a string, he threw towards the animal. The latter, however, seemed to have no intention of moving. "This morning he had eaten a turtledove. He has a full stomach; that's the problem,
