Case Stories
Lindbergh
The eagle with the swollen foot
Case X-468
Transmitter 2191
General Information
Species: Bald Eagle
Date Admitted: 9/19/97
Recovered From: Rogers
State: Minnesota
Sex: Unknown
USFWS Band #0629-39776 Right Leg ID date lat long location 2191 5/15/98 44.950N 93.068W Mounds Park,St. Paul, MN
The Raptor Center and Boise Cascade will release a third eagle "Lucky Lindy" Case Y-059 as a part of the Eagle Track Study on May 20 along the St. Paul's Indian Mounds Park. Lucky Lindy's satellite tracking data will replace Lindbergh's data.
After his promising released on Friday, Lindbergh, Eagle Track's second eagle, was found walking around a railroad yard beneath the bluffs near where he was released, and was caught up by Raptor Center biologists after Friday's storm. Despite previous successful practice flights the week before, Lindbergh was seen sitting atop a small dirt pile and refused to fly above 4-5 ft. when caught. Nothing obviously wrong has been found with Lindbergh, and he is being monitored and retested back at The Raptor Center.
It's important to the over all study to continue to collect data on released eagles, so another eagle case Y-059 from Luck Wisconsin and has been named Lucky Lindy has been test flown and ready to go! Transmitter 2191, removed from Lindbergh, was attached to Lucky Lindy on Monday May18. Lucky Lindy will be test flown on Tuesday, and released in Indian Mound Park in St. Paul at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 20. For More Information Call 612-624-4745