SOAR

saving our avian resources

SOAR

25494 320th Street

Dedham, IA 51440

Phone: (712) 683-5555

Fax: (712) 683-5535

www.soarraptors.org
diversityfarms@iowatelecom.net

Adopted Birds

One opportunity you have with SOAR is adopting a bird. The following are birds that have been adopted, and the group that has adopted them.

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Newton, Iowa adopted an immature Bald Eagle. The eagle had been found on the side of the road, unable to fly and very weak. The eagle, whom they named TJ, had fishing line wrapped around the base of one of the talons. It was infected, and the eagle was unable to fight off the infection. At SOAR, they amputated the toe, and gave TJ antibiotics to get rid of the infection. It worked, and TJ steadily got better.

Thomas Jefferson Elementary school took a field trip to Lake Red Rock to learn about TJ and to watch as one of the school's staff members released her into the wild.