Bald Eagles, The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota

Learn more about bald eagles

Bud, a bald eagle

Age: hatched 1997
Sex: male
Weight: 7.5 pounds
Date of recovery: 1997
Location of recovery: Antigo, Wisconsin
Original problem: Severe eye injury
Note: Bud is capable of flight, but is missing his left eye.

Gladdie, a bald eagle

Age: hatched 1995
Sex: male
Weight: 8 pounds
Date of recovery: 1995
Location of recovery: Muskegan, Michigan
Original problem: Elbow luxation

Leuc, a bald eagle

Age: hatched 1979
Sex: Male
Weight: 8 pounds
Date of Recovery: 1983
Location of recovery: Hayward, Wisconsin
Original problem: Badly dislocated right shoulder, unable to extend his wing, unable to fly, probably hit by a car

Leuc came to The Raptor Center after he was found, injured but standing, on a road near Hayward, Wisconsin.

On April 27, 1989, Leuc and members of The Raptor Center staff participated in the bicentennial celebration commemorating the inauguration of President George Washington. The Raptor Center was invited to New York where various ceremonious events took place, in which Luec was the official ambassador to represent America's national symbol, the bald eagle. Dr. Gary Duke and Dr. Pat Redig also received the Director's Award for Humane Excellence from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

While Leuc and his Raptor Center associates attended these official functions in New York City, they were given accommodations at The Waldorf Astoria.
Photo by John C. Lund

Hear what Leuc sounds like (96K .au sound file)

Maxime, a bald eagle

Age: hatched 1999
Sex: female
Weight: 11 pounds
Date of recovery: 1999
Location of recovery: Moorhead, Minnesota
Original problem: luxated humeral-ulna (wing) joint

Othello, a bald eagle

See another picture of Othello

Age: hatched 1989
Sex: Male
Weight: 7 pounds
Date of recovery: 1989
Location of recovery: Michigan
Original problem: Two broken wings. The older fracture healed before admitted to TRC and permanently disabled the wing.

Othello is thought to have broken his wings during one of his first flights from his nest in Michigan. Exceptionally comfortable around people, he is often used in educational programs and training sessions for eagle handlers.

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