Found at a landfill in Savannah, Wassaw the bald eagle was a mess when she came to Oatland Island Wildlife Center in May.
A broken wing had healed improperly. She couldn’t fly.
And her former residence gave her a certain stench.
“When she came in she smelled like a landfill,” Mailler said. “We cleaned her up with some wet towels and when she was in quarantine (for a month before display) we misted her.”
Wassaw, who’s named for the nearby barrier island, still wears her solid brown juvenile plumage, a signal she’s not yet 3 years old. She’ll gradually grow into her adult coloring with the iconic white head and tail. But for now, her juvenile plumage makes it easier for the adults in her new digs to accept her as not threatening.
“It’s gone fairly well,” Mailler said. There hasn’t been any fighting but there has been occupying of space.
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