Home Wildlife Center of Virginia to release bald eagle in Accomack County
News

Wildlife Center of Virginia to release bald eagle in Accomack County

Crystal Graham

wildlife center of virginiaThe Wildlife Center of Virginia will be releasing an adult bald eagle on Tuesday, July 26, at 1 p.m. in Accomack County, after six weeks of rehabilitation.

The bald eagle has been a patient at the center since early June. A private citizen found the adult bald eagle in the middle of a creek in New Church. The eagle was waterlogged and appeared weak, and it did not make much of an attempt to get away when approached.

The citizen brought the eagle to wildlife rehabilitator Jodie Sokel – who transferred the bird to the Wildlife Center the same day.

Center president Ed Clark will release the eagle at Mutton Hunk Fen Natural Preserve Area at 28538 Baker Road in Parksley.

The release is free and open to the public.

Attendees are asked to RSVP at [email protected].

Additional information about the eagle’s case history is available here.

 

Support AFP




Crystal Graham

Crystal Graham

A 1999 graduate of Virginia Tech, Crystal Graham has worked for 25 years as a reporter and editor for several Virginia publications, written a book, and garnered more than a dozen Virginia Press Association awards for writing and graphic design. She was the co-host of "Viewpoints," a weekly TV news show, and co-host of "Virginia Tonight," a nightly TV news show, both broadcast on PBS. Her work on "Virginia Tonight" earned her a national Telly award for excellence in television. You can reach her at [email protected]

Latest News

Politics, U.S. & World

TV: AFP editor Chris Graham talks U.S. Senate passage of ICE funding bill on Fox5 DC

uva basketball ryan odom huddle
Basketball

UVA Basketball: Has Ryan Odom built himself a Top 10 team for next season?

This time last year, UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom was introducing a bunch of strangers to each other, and trying to convince them, and everybody else, that they could get Virginia Basketball back to where it had been not that long ago. Heading into his second summer as the head coach, Odom is building on...

louise lucas abigail spanberger
Politics, Virginia

Louise Lucas to the ‘Data Center Diva’: No more tax breaks for data centers

Gov. Abigail Spanberger and House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott want the state and localities to continue to be able to offer massive tax breaks to data center developers.

melanie lucero congress
Politics, Virginia

Another contentious Republican primary in the Fifth District in the offing

us politics congress
Politics, U.S. & World

U.S. Senate votes to advance $70B immigration enforcement funding bill

baltimore orioles
Baseball

Baltimore Orioles quietly playing themselves back into playoff contention

joanna hardin uva softball
Etc.

UVA Softball: Coach Joanna Hardin signs three-year contract extension