Dr Oakley, Yukon Vet visits Bird TLC.

It takes a few seconds to load, so be patient. The full episode airs on Saturday 12/6 9 PM EST which should be 5 PM AST, but check your listings. Dr. Oakly, Dr. Karen Higgs and I examine one of the Adak burn birds while at the flight center earlier this year.

Do you know the way to Haines, Alaska?

 These two eagles are going to Haines on Wednesday for the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival in Haines. There they'll be released as part of the "Flight for Freedom".

 Both of these birds came to Bird TLC from Adak, Alaska. They received burns while at the local dump. All of the primary and secondary flight feathers were heavily damaged and they were unable to fly. We had to wait on Mother Nature to have the birds molt, to see if they would be able to fly.

The last two photos should tell you how that turned out.

 

Here's hoping for a wonderful life for these two young birds in the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.

Adak burn eagle to be released

Bird Treatment and Learning Center

NEWS RELEASE

The Bird Treatment and Learning Center in Anchorage is excited to announce the release of one of the burn eagles from Adak. The bird now known as Sparkie, came to Bird TLC in February 2014 after hunting rodents at the Adak landfill and landing on hot embers along with five other eagles. The fire did heavy damage to its tail and wing feathers. After a lengthy recovery, the feathers regrew after the bird molted its damaged feathers. He’s been recovering at Bird TLC’s Flight Center on JBER Richardson for the past 4 months regaining his strength.

Sparkie has proven that he is ready to be released with his beautiful flight. He will be released at the Soldotna Progress Days in Soldotna this Saturday at 2 pm. The release is open to the public and admission is free.

For more information, call Dave Dorsey @ 907-351-4968 / davedorsey@gci.net or the Bird TLC office at 907-562-4852 / office@birdtlc.net

KTUU Channel 2's Lacie Grosvold story on Sparkie and the release. Click here

 



Update on Adak dump burn eagles

For those who don't remember, we have 5 immature bald eagles that came from Adak in December 2013 & January 2014. They were burned in a dump fire. Click here and here for previous stories. 

 All of the birds are progressing well. Two are flighted even though they don't have all of their feathers back yet. Each bird is in a different stage of molt.

They are all getting along well and are in good shape considering. Hopefully by end of summer they will have completed their molts, regained good flight and we can release them back into the wild.



Bird TLC recieves two eagles from Adak with burn injuries

Awesome article in todays Anchorage Daily News about 2 bald eagles with burn injuries. Check it out  http://www.adn.com/2013/12/13/3229694/eagles-that-burned-off-their-feathers.html

 

Photo taken by BOB HALLINEN — Anchorage Daily News