Master falconer Laura Edmunds shows off one of her hawks at the Indiana Raptor Center in Nashville, Ind. The center helps to rehabilitate injured birds and return them to the wild | AP Photo/Bloomington Herald-Times, Bobby Ellis
Ben, an American bald eagle, perches in her cage in the forests outside of Nashville, Ind., during feeding time. Ben has taken up residence at the Indiana Raptor Center after having been found in Missouri shot through the left shoulder. | AP Photo/Bloomin
Laura Edmunds checks on a woodpecker at the Indiana Raptor Center in Nashville, Ind. | AP Photo/Bloomington Herald-Times, Bobby Ellis
NASHVILLE — Ben, an American bald eagle, sat perched in her cage in the forests outside of downstate Nashville, waiting for yet another quail to be thrown her way by Laura Edmunds. Ben, originally thought to be a male, called loudly for more quail, until …