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Dr. Scott Bovard of the Missoula Veterinary Clinic and Brooke Tanner, director of the Wild Skies Raptor Center, prepare to release an immature female bald eagle back in to the wild.
The young eagle takes to the skies, where she was promptly harassed by a raven, according to the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest Facebook post announcing the release.
Dr. Scott Bovard of the Missoula Veterinary Clinic and Brooke Tanner, director of the Wild Skies Raptor Center released an immature female bald eagle earlier this week.
The eagle was hit by a semi near Arrastra Creek Feb. 20. Lincoln Ranger District wildlife biologist Pat Shanley and Beech Hasting, the district's mineral administrator located the eagle after the report of the accident reached the Ranger Station. They took the bird to Wild Skies in Potomac.
Bovard performed surgery Feb. 24 to repair the humerus in the eagle's left wing, which had been fractured in several places. Since then, Tanner and her Wild Skies partner Jesse Varnado worked directly with the eagle during her rehabilitation.
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