The Huffington Post  |  By Sara Gates Posted: 03/27/2013 1:10 pm EDT

Conservation officers got up close and personal with a wounded bald eagle in Hanover, Ill., last week.

In a striking video of the bald eagle rescue, Illinois conservation police surround the injured bird and swaddle it with a coat. The animal is then taken to a local wildlife rehabilitation center to be treated.

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Sandhill crane fitted with prosthesis to replace leg shattered by golf ball on B.C. course

CBC News Posted: Mar 24, 2013 5:26 PM PT Last Updated: Mar 24, 2013 5:24 PM PT
 

A sandhill crane, a rare sight in the Lower Mainland, is standing up again after losing a leg in an accident at a Richmond, B.C., golf course.

Elizabeth Melnick, who runs a non-profit wildlife rehabilitation centre in Abbotsford, said the bird's leg was shattered in early March when it was struck by a stray golf ball.

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Eaglets have people talking because the area they were born in has a comback story of its own

By Megan Thomas, CBC News
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 7:06 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 28, 2013 11:54 AM ET
 

The first baby bald eagles born in the Hamilton area in decades are another sign that extensive efforts to rehabilitate the local environment are working, say those who work in conservation.

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By the early 1980s, bald eagles were all but extinct in the northern Lake Ontario region. In fact, there were only four active nests in all of the Great Lakes, largely due to the widespread use of the pesticide DDT.

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Hi All:  The season at times progresses slowly but the season is indeed advancing.

The Delta 2 pair, like so many pairs each year, give us predictability and change at the same time.  The eagle is largely driven by the light cycle -- each bird may respond differently but each bird is relatively constant in its migration dates, egg laying dates etc. from year to year.  The next pair may be a week or two or even three different but each pair will remain fairly consistent year to year. A prime example is the Lafarge pair that has laid its first and subsequent eggs on exactly the same day for each of the last 3 years.  This tells me that at least the female is the same bird in each year.  The White Rock pair in 2011 and 2012 laid its first egg on March 13 but this year changed by 12 days.  I suspect those 2 consistent years were due to the same female occupying the nest but this year I believe at least the female, with a new light periodicity, has taken over the territory.  From some of the recent observations on the male's behaviour, or appropriate lack thereof, the male may have also changed. if only we had banded birds to tell!