This was worth saving for its own post.
The Southeastern Raptor Rehabilitation Center (a unit of Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine) released this bald eagle back into the wild at the E.W. Shell Fisheries Center on Saturday.
The adult bald eagle was found nearly a year ago in one of the Fisheries’ ponds. The eagle recuperated and is now flying well on its own, hopefully back to his old nest after being released near the location where it was found.
The experts said they couldn’t find anything wrong with the eagle, despite a full battery of tests, it just didn’t seem to have the necessary endurance or desire to fly. Looks good now though.
The Raptor Center says it takes in between 200 and 275 birds of prey from across the Southeast and has treated and released thousands of birds back into the wild.
