{"id":436424,"date":"2026-01-29T07:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/436424\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T07:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T07:19:06","slug":"bald-eagle-rescued-in-north-portland-released-back-into-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/436424\/","title":{"rendered":"Bald eagle rescued in North Portland released back into wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4L2MXQEF5FGPPENSULPOEYIF4I\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/living\/2025\/07\/this-bald-eagle-was-never-supposed-to-fly-free-again-watch-what-he-did-moments-after-being-released-in-oregon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/living\/2025\/07\/this-bald-eagle-was-never-supposed-to-fly-free-again-watch-what-he-did-moments-after-being-released-in-oregon.html\">A bald eagle was rescued<\/a> from Pier Park in North Portland late last fall. She was brought to Dove Lewis and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/environment\/2026\/01\/eagle-eyed-volunteers-turn-out-for-portlands-100th-annual-winter-bird-count-charting-avian-highs-and-lows-for-posterity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/environment\/2026\/01\/eagle-eyed-volunteers-turn-out-for-portlands-100th-annual-winter-bird-count-charting-avian-highs-and-lows-for-posterity.html\">the Bird Alliance of Oregon<\/a>\u2019s Wildlife Care Center for immediate care. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"E26XAJBUDBDWDK6BYCMIEMVAUE\">It is believed the bird got into an altercation over territory with another bald eagle, resulting in injury. Not only were her face, eyes and wing wounded, she was also found dehydrated and encrusted with dirt. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6ZKYYGCGGFHKTDPOROFR3EZPHI\">The center nursed the eagle back to health over the course of two months. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5ISRYWPIL5AIBAS4G75TKGFOE4\">\u201cOur veterinary and rehabilitation teams did extraordinary work, and they were bolstered by our wonderful volunteers and community members whose support played a critical role in this bird\u2019s recovery,\u201d says Travis Koons, Wildlife Care Center Director. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UQS5CJY5BJGFFGLD2AJATUMJFQ\">Her recovery was deemed successful after she regained her strength and participated in flight conditioning. On Tuesday, Jan. 27, the public was invited to watch the full circle moment as the bald eagle was released back into the wild at Pier Park. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bald eagle was rescued from Pier Park in North Portland late last fall. She was brought to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-436424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}