Pawgwashiing Migizi

Species: Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Hatch Year: 2009
Arrival at Mountsberg: October 2009
Gender: Female
Injury: Permanently damaged left shoulder/wing

Life History:

Pawgwashijng Migizi ("Pawgwa", for short-- her full name is Ojibway and translates to "Bald Eagle of the Shallow Water") came to Mountsberg from Pays Plat First Nations near Thunder Bay Ontario after she had been found as a 4-month-old youngster wandering along a lakeshore. She was picked up and taken to a vet, who x-rayed her wing and discovered a poorly healed broken bone. Likely, Pawgwa fell from her nest. Because of her injury, she will never be able to fly. It will take Pawgwa up to 5 years to acheive the full colouring of an adult Bald Eagle.

Phoenix

Species: Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Hatch Year: 1989
Arrival at Mountsberg: 1989
Gender: Male
Injury: Partial left wing amputation and missing tip of beak

Life History:

Phoenix came to Mountsberg as a young bird in 1989.  He came to Mountsberg from Northern Ontario after having been caught in a wolf trap.  The damage inflicted to his wing by the trap was so severe that part of the wing needed to be amputated.  He also permanently damaged his beak while trying to escape from the trap, snapping it off in such a way that it will never regrow.

Cornelius

Species: Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Hatch Year: 1994
Arrival at Mountsberg: September 1994
Gender: Male
Injury: Permanently damaged left wing

Life History:

Cornelius was orignially admitted to the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph.  He was found in Sioux Lookout and rescued by the MNR.  As a young bird, Cornelius flew into a power line and damaged his wing.  Before he could be rescued, his wing healed, causing his left wing to be deformed and shorter than his right wing.  Due to the way his wing healed, he cannot extend it fully and can only fly short distances.