{"id":1195456,"date":"2023-01-19T12:24:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T18:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1195456"},"modified":"2023-01-20T12:22:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T18:22:54","slug":"magnificent-bald-eagle-spotted-in-kilgore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1195456","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Magnificent&#8221; bald eagle spotted in Kilgore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/01\/iggle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1195458\" \/>KILGORE \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A bald eagle was spotted on a derrick near the Kilgore Police Department on Wednesday. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This magnificent fellow was spotted checking out their favorite perch,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the city of Kilgore said in a prepared statement. According to our news partner KETK, BJ Owen, a wildlife enthusiast and the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s director of special services, took the photos. A group of buzzards fled the area when the eagle arrived and went downtown. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153So&#8230;next time you think you see a buzzard on the derrick, look a little closer to make sure,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d city officials said. The bald eagle is a national symbol for the United States. They have strong vision that they use to hunt their prey, said the Smithsonian. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KILGORE \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A bald eagle was spotted on a derrick near the Kilgore Police Department on Wednesday. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This magnificent fellow was spotted checking out their favorite perch,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the city of Kilgore said in a prepared statement. According to our news partner KETK, BJ Owen, a wildlife enthusiast and the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s director of special services, took &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1195456\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Magnificent&#8221; bald eagle spotted in Kilgore<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1195469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/01\/iggle-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Magnificent\u00e2\u20ac\u009d bald eagle spotted in Kilgore","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 22:28:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/01\/iggle-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Magnificent\u00e2\u20ac\u009d bald eagle spotted in Kilgore","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1195456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1195461,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195456\/revisions\/1195461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1195469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1195456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1195456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1195456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}