{"id":536884,"date":"2026-03-21T14:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536884\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T14:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:43:08","slug":"golden-eagle-named-at-kentucky-forest-rare-migration-route-stuns-researchers-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536884\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden eagle named at Kentucky forest, rare migration route stuns researchers | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                Story HighlightsA golden eagle at Bernheim Forest was named after Gwaihir from The Lord of the Rings through a public vote.After being tagged, the eagle took an unusual migration route, traveling southwest across several states instead of heading north.Researchers said will continue tracking the golden eagle&#8217;s journey.<\/p>\n<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) \u2014\u00a0A newly named golden eagle at Bernheim Forest is turning heads for more than its name.<\/p>\n<p>After a public vote, the bird was named Gwaihir, inspired by a character in The Lord of the Rings.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers tagged the eagle earlier this year before it took off last month for migration. What followed surprised even experts.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of heading north, the eagle moved through Kentucky and Indiana before making a sharp turn southwest, traveling across Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska before its last recorded location in Montana.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers said they have never tracked a golden eagle taking a route like this, and they will keep monitoring Gwaihir\u2019s journey as it continues to unfold.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WDRB Media. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Story HighlightsA golden eagle at Bernheim Forest was named after Gwaihir from The Lord of the Rings through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[240727,240718,240726,4,240721,240719,21693,240725,21692,240720,2558,240724,21689,79,240723,13594,240722,21691,21690,201],"class_list":["post-536884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-bernheim-arboretum-eagle","tag-bernheim-forest-golden-eagle","tag-bird-migration-research","tag-breaking-news","tag-golden-eagle-migration","tag-gwaihir-eagle","tag-indiana-news","tag-kentucky-conservation","tag-kentucky-news","tag-kentucky-wildlife","tag-latest-headlines","tag-lord-of-the-rings-eagle-name","tag-louisville-news","tag-science","tag-tagged-eagle-tracking","tag-top-news","tag-unusual-bird-migration-route","tag-wdrb","tag-wdrb-news","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536884","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=536884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}