Returning animals to nature is the goal of Northwest Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

When it comes to animals, Stacy Gaber has come a long way since her youth on her parent's spread in Missouri with cattle, turkeys and other critters.

"I was scared to death of birds," she says. "I was attacked by a chicken as a child."

Gaber got over her fears and now cares for birds of a wilder sort, including eagles, falcons and pigeons - plus wild mammals and the occasional amphibian - as director of Northwest Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.