Hatch # 1 at Norfolk!

[Donna]

Eagle from Norfolk with damaged beak to stay at wildlife center

A bald eagle that hatched at Norfolk Botanical Garden and developed avian pox that damaged its beak has a new name and a permanent home at the Wildlife Center of Virginia.

The eagle formerly known as patient No. 08-0887 is now called Buddy.

The wildlife center said Tuesday that Buddy is being trained to sit calmly on a handler's gloved hand. The goal is to take Buddy to presentations and programs outside the center.

Buddy was hatched in April 2008 at Norfolk Botanical Garden. The eagle was brought to the wildlife center in Waynesboro for treatment of a mass on the left side of its beak.

The mass was surgically removed, but it caused the beak to grow unevenly. The wildlife center says Buddy can't be released into the wild.

[valhalla]

I'm so happy that they made his name, Buddy official!  I am determined to visit him the next time that we visit Keswick Vineyard!   

[Donna]

I'm so happy that they made his name, Buddy official!  I am determined to visit him the next time that we visit Keswick Vineyard!   

Mee too..it's a great name for him.