University of Missouri: Raptor Rehabilitation Project Bald Eagle Release

Eagle Rare is a mature Bald Eagle that was brought to the Raptor Rehabilitation Project on January 23, 2010. She had been found near Paris, MO by a member of the public who had previously observed her and a mate building a nest. That day she was found unable to fly with a clearly broken left wing. Later radiographs showed that in a...ddition to the fractures in her left wing, she had also broken her pelvis. Surgery was performed to repair the fractures in the wing and she was rested for several months. In April once her fractures had healed, she was moved into a flight cage for further rehabilitation. She has continued to improve and is now flying strongly and is ready to return to the wild.

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