Bald Eagle Models Foster Parenting

Tuesday, June 18 2013 @ 04:35 AM EDT

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By: Natalie Jablonski, WXPR NEWS
Fri June 14, 2013, 9:19 am

Credit Natalie Jablonski / WXPR News
Foster dad Amp looks after four younger eagles.

This Father’s Day weekend, we take a look at a story of model parenting from an unlikely place: the world of birds. We meet a bald eagle who’s done a remarkable job as a foster father to over a hundred and fifty orphaned chicks.

They call him Amp.

"People are always surprised when I say we have a foster dad eagle. And they’re like, “well where’s the mom?” Well, it would be great if we had a mom…but we don’t have a non-releasable mom . And he does such a great job."

That’s Marge Gibson, Executive Director of the Raptor Education Group. It’s a wildlife rehabilitation center in Antigo that takes in injured birds…and baby chicks who have lost parents. We’re peering in through the door of the eagle compound…where right now foster dad Amp is in charge of four eaglets.

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Eaglets recovering after storm

Tuesday, June 18 2013 @ 04:21 AM EDT

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By: Kyle Grainger
Local8now.com
WVLT Knoxville,Tennessee
Updated: Jun 11,2013 Tue 6:33 PM

One of two eaglets found after storm is recovering with a cast.
(Source: Kyle Grainger, WVLT)

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Eaglets in Sevier County are recovering after their nest was destroyed by a severe storm.

According to the American Eagle Foundation, the two birds fell 75 ft onto the ground last Monday, they were found shortly after and taken into protection.

"We got a report that the nest had blown down I called a couple other stuff, we all met out there and we were able to find both birds within an hour," said Al Cecere, Founder & President of the American Eagle Foundation.

One eaglet had minor injuries, the other was severely hurt and now has a cast around his wing. Cecere says the birds will remain under the foundations care, and hopes both will be able to fly.

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Eagle released in Burnaby's Central Park

Monday, June 17 2013 @ 02:31 AM EDT

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By Jennifer moreau
Burnaby Now
June 12, 2013

This eagle was brought into wildlife rehabilitator with massive
head wounds, presumably after a fight with another eagle.
Photograph by: Contributed photo , BURNABY NOW

It was an emotional release. Volunteers and staff from the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society gathered in Burnaby's Central Park on Tuesday to release an adult bald eagle that's been in rehabilitation for months.

The female eagle was brought into care, suffering massive head wounds, presumably after a fight with another eagle over territory or a mate.

Burnaby resident Laurie Hill found the eagle while visiting Central Park with a friend approximately six months ago.

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Necropsy on Honeymoon Eaglets Reveals Lung Infection

Wednesday, June 12 2013 @ 02:59 AM EDT

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By Katie Dolac
Dunedin Patch
June 11, 2013

Eagle at Honeymoon Island: Robin Kelly

A preliminary necropsy reveals two recently deceased eaglets on Honeymoon Island likely succumbed to a lung infection

Although the final report was not ready, Barbara Walker of the Clearwater Audobon Society issued preliminary results late June 10, just hours after news of a deceased osprey chick from the nest under surveillance at DunedinOspreyCam.org was released.

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Eagle couple raising two eaglets outside Salt Lake City

Wednesday, June 12 2013 @ 02:41 AM EDT

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by Emily Clark
Updated:6/11 4:42 pm;
Published:6/11 12:29 pm

(Steve Breinholt, ABC4Utah Photographer)
(Steve Breinholt, ABC4 Utah Photographer)

NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah (ABC 4 Utah) - A Bald Eagle is a magnificent sight, but what about their young? Right now two eaglets are sitting in a nest just outside Salt Lake City.

Outside the city, not too far from thousands of people, a pair of eagles are raising their young.

It is a majestic and special sight for Utah.

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