Looking back at a busy year for clinic staff and volunteers.

The Audubon Center for Birds of Prey (Center) will partner with the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) to release a Bald Eagle that was found injured in a Lake County cow pasture earlier this month. The Center will release the eagle on Wednesday, March 1 at Lake Norris Conservation Area, land owned by SJRWMD.

Dr. Eric Los Kamp treats a variety of exotic animals at the Hospital, including some of the Raptor Trauma Clinic's toughest cases.

A clinic staff member carefully holds a Bald Eagle in her arms as the team prepares to care for the injured raptor. The Audubon Center for Birds of Prey released Patient #2023-0024, a Bald Eagle, on Friday in a special ceremony celebrating the release of more than 700 eagles since the Center’s Raptor Trauma Clinic opened in 1979.

June 20 is National American Eagle Day—a day to celebrate the magnificent Bald Eagle.

As part of a long-term cooperative study through the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, all rescued Bald Eagle fledglings treated by its Raptor Trauma Clinic receive a colored auxiliary leg band before release.

Center staff and volunteers have already returned 16 baby raptors to their nests.

First celebrated, then almost wiped out, twice, the number of bald eagles soaring in this country is higher than ever. The new book, "The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird," by Jack Davis, looks at efforts being made to help bald eagles survive and thrive. Jeff Glor has more.

Story by Danielle Vincent, Center Intern.

The Center's team released 223 raptors back into the wild.