Jean Keene, the "Eagle Lady" passed away a year ago January 13, 2009. She was 85.
Jean Keene lived in a campground on the Homer Spit since her relocation to Alaska in 1977. Jean began feeding a pair of eagles on the Spit shortly after her arrival. She worked for a seafood plant where she had permission to gather surplus and freezer burned fish for the eagles. After ten years, more than 200 eagles were coming by Jean's place for breakfast. Jean loaded fish into barrels and then into her pickup for the short drive home. Before she doled out fish to the eagles, she chopped them into smaller chunks making it easier for them to carry. Jean fed 200 to 300 eagles about 500 lbs. of fish daily from late December through mid April.
For her love and generous efforts to help the Eagles she was the 2004 winner of the Lifetime Meritorious Service Award from the American Bald Eagle Foundation.
She loved her gardens almost as much as she loved her Eagles
We Miss and Remember Homer Alaska's own Jean Keen..... "The Eagle Lady"
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