Homer's 'Eagle Lady' dead at 85
Jean Keene, the 85-year-old "Eagle Lady" whose feeding program draws hundreds of bald eagles and scores of nature photographers to the Homer Spit each winter, died Tuesday evening in her Spit home.
That's too bad. I met her when I was up there 2 summers ago. She was a character to say the least. She was a former rockette too I believe. I bought her book in the small gift shop right in the center of the spit parking area for trailer check in then went over and knocked on her door and she autographed my book and we talked for a while.
Hopefully someone will continue the eagle feeding. It would be sad to see her legacy go away.
Don Gorczynski
Posted by Darlene Almeda on January 15, 2009 at 11:23 AM
For anyone interested, here is a seven minute video that has Jean Keene in it as well as a nature photographer and a biologist talking about eagles:
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2 repliesJean Keene, the 85-year-old "Eagle Lady" whose feeding program draws hundreds of bald eagles and scores of nature photographers to the Homer Spit each winter, died Tuesday evening in her Spit home.
Hopefully someone will continue the eagle feeding. It would be sad to see her legacy go away.
Don Gorczynski
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiAtFvr1C0o