Just amazing...thanks for finding this. BBC sure gets the pictures, doesn't it?

WHAT AN AMAZING VIDEO... THANKS TO BBC AND MS CAKES FOR FINDING & POSTING!

R4 --WOW !! INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL AND SOOO POWERFUL. LUV THOSE SLOW MOTION VIDS...YOU GET THE FULL EFFECT.

Report copied from FB: Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Northern Utah

So Phoenix is still doing well. He did not make a complete moult last year as we’d hoped. His most badly burned side, the right, does have all new flight feathers (primaries and secondaries), but the top side of his right wing did not fully recover with new growth of the protective outer covert feathers—you can see the white down/under feathers on the topside of both wings.

His Left wing also has some minor deficiency with the protective outer covert feathers, but it is much better than the right. Also, the left wing did not fully moult all of the primary fight feathers—the last four (“fingertips”) primaries did not drop and so he still has the old feathers with fire damage to the ends. As you can understand, we are very interested in seeing that these moult this year.

One of the things we are doing now is to ensure Phoenix is not bored. He seems to need a lot of stimulation and so loves to play with his toys. He has tennis balls and rawhide dog bones that he loves to destroy and will fly from perch to perch while holding them. His MOST favorite thing to do is attack and destroy egg cartons which is what he’s starting to do in this video. You will notice there are the shredded remains of several egg cartons on the floor of his mews.

In the video, you may hear some people and wonder where their voices are coming. We are next door to the George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park and so people on the Park’s trails can often be heard from where Phoenix lives—he can’t see them, but is often seen tilting his head to listen.

He’s enjoying his days in the sun and taking baths. We’ve had a lot of road killed venison donated by the state DNR this year (good for our eagles, but bad for the deer and drivers), so he’s eating that as well as his favorite dishes, which are quail and rat.

We are still working on his beak, but it has really come a long way and he’s using it quite well to rip and tear his food. The dark colors are finally coming in nicely with just a few areas on the tip of the upper beak that still show white. The lower mandible is still much lighter colored and so seems to be a little softer than we would like, but we are encouraged by the amazing progress of this once heavily damaged beak.

Of course the big question is always, “will he be released/releasable?” and our answer is “we hope so”. The longer he remains in his current unreleasable state due to feather condition the harder it will be to condition him for life in the wild, but all we can do is wait and see. We’ll keep you posted on his progress, but the moult we want to see will likely not show progress until late summer.

We have a few photos to share later as we have time to post them and we know you’ll enjoy them as well as another video or two.

Thank you again for all your love and support of WRCNU and Phoenix—you all are very much appreciated! Please share this with those you think will be interested in Phoenix’s progress.

Video on FB....I don't know how to move the vid to here, sorry.
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THANKS FOR THE UPDATE DIX AND HERE'S THE SHORT VID.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=742...&type=2&theater




PHOENIX LOOKS INCREDIBLY WELL AND QUITE STRONG & WELL FED!

Thanks Bunnie for the vid. He's a miracle eagle and does look good considering his story.