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.
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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.
Community scientists report banded bird in Virginia.