Sparky,
Thanks for the updates.

A broken wing sounds bad. I hope the poor bird is OK after surgery.
I don't know how well they would heal with an injury like that.
Rehab must take ages.

Poor eaglet and E3 RTH. ugh

You're welcome, Lara. Birds have been rehabilitated and released after such injuries and surgeries. It does take a few months, though, I'm sure.

From SOAR's FB page:
"We will have to wait for the surgery and time for healing to know if this Eagle will be able to be released. His wing will be immobilized for 3-4 weeks to heal, then another 2-4 weeks in ICU with limited movement. Then he will be moved to the flight pens for exercise and muscle training. So it will be a long time. We have some wonderful foster Eagle parents and some other Eagle patients he can hang out with while he gains his strength. Please note - We still do not know the outcome for this bird. We have to wait and see how the healing goes along with everyone else! "

After all the sad events regarding the eagles and the hawks lately, I had a good experience just now.

After reading your last post, I went down to the beach.

There are whales migrating north past where I live and the surf is really flat this morning so I thought it was a great opportunity.

I didn't see any whales yet today, but I did see a large bird sitting on a branch on the cliff face very close.

There was a mother and her two young boys near me and we were talking about the whales and things. They were checking for the whales before going to school. I told them there was a beautiful bird but I wasn't sure if it was a whistling kite or a sea hawk. (osprey)

The little boy just looked at me and said "It's an Osprey". He was only about 6 years of age. His Mum said that was their school mascot.
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Surgery has been postponed to either today or tomorrow. Also, maggots were found on the bird's tail, from an injury. Suspected that some predator came away from an attack with a few tail feathers in its mouth.

The missing juvie has been found! Little over a mile away from the nest area, sitting on a mulch pile.

And D20, with the transmitter (not yet activated) has been seen flying around. Things are looking up (literally and figuratively) for these young birds!

6/26 RRP BREAKING NEWS Mod's EAGLE ID UPDATE:
The former D20 has ID corrected by detailed anaylsis to D19 which is the female with transmitter
The juvie found in creek now at SOAR is D20 a male
The 3rd juvie on the woodpile is D18



In RRP Live chat 2:03p ct jollygiantredwood-1: RRP NEST UPDATE: Female D19 found & released @ Hatchery with a transmitter. Male D20 found 6-22 in creek w/ broken wing and @ SOAR. a rehabber, surgery TBD. D18 seen 1.27 mi. from nest 6-25 looking good.