What a day!!!

What a day we had Saturday, April 26th! We had a good turn-out for our Duane Lake Earth Day Clean-Up with lots of trash, old TVs, a lone shoe, rotten boards, bottles and cans collected. Many thanks to those brave souls that dressed for the weather and gave it their all!


And our Silent Wings Raptor Event was awesome and spectacular! We learned all about respecting our wild feathered friends, when to report an injured bird or animal and who to report it to, what it takes to host an injured raptor, what they eat, how they hunt, the different calls or hoots and why they fly silently. We were treated to up close and personal visits with five birds of prey. Many great questions were asked and all answered by the expert Silent Wings staff. A big thank you to Sonya and Karen for making all the arrangements and baking the tasty (and cute!) cookies. Here are just a few of the many pictures that were snapped. All of the birds were regal looking and beautiful!

To learn more about Silent Wings, visit their website at Silent Wings Raptor Rehab and Education.  There you will find a host of information, upcoming programs, and a donation link supporting rehabilitation of local injured wildlife. 






If you enjoyed these photos, there's more.  Click the Photos tab on the DLA home page for more photos from this event.  If you would like to contribute a photo, please email it to duanelakeassoc@gmail.com

THANK YOU to our amazing volunteers, neighbors, and surrounding lake community whose generous contributions help to make these and all our annual lake community events a success!


Pat Huff    Chris Miller     Norm Stewart     Kathy Hotaling    

Alan Knight     Kim Roberts    Dirk Felton     Ian Colgan    Tom McGrath