Three fly free in northern Idaho

ROCKFORD BAY, Idaho – For Don and Jane Veltkamp, Tuesday was the kind of day they dream about. But they don’t just dream. They work hard to make such days happen. The owners of Birds of Prey Northwest released three birds back into the wild. The birds were rehabilitated at the St. Maries center. ”We don’t get paid for this,” Don Veltkamp said after watching a young bald eagle soar between trees, bank left and fly back to its nest above the wetlands at the west end of Rockford Bay. “That pays us.” The Veltkamps also set a red-tailed hawk free to fly above…

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