Video: Bald Eagle Flys into Stadiums

May 27th, 2008

Check out this bald eagle. His name is Challenger and he has learned to fly into stadiums during sporting events.

According to his trainer he was blown out of his nest as a chick, raised and then re-released, only to return to humans for food. In other words, he had become imprinted.

So now Challenger travels to sporting events nationwide and thrills audiences everywhere he goes. One of the things I found fascinating is that with this bird’s large size and 6 foot wing span, he only weighs 6 pounds.

Amazing!
~Capt’n Chris

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8 Responses to:
“Video: Bald Eagle Flys into Stadiums”

  1. jallen24, on May 27th, 2008 at 1:25 pm Said:

    Nice. This has been going on at Auburn University for years as part of the Raptor Center outreach. Before each home game (if conditions allow) the golden eagle flies around the stadium and lands at midfield.

    http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/raptor

    http://auburntigers.cstv.com/trads/aub-trads-tiger.html

    or just look up utube auburn eagle

    WAR EAGLE

  2. jallen24, on May 27th, 2008 at 1:28 pm Said:

    Look up this article of Tiger’s flight in the 2002 Olympics.

    http://www.auburn.edu/administration/univrel/news/archive/02_02news/02_02eagle.html

  3. Anthony Carpeneti, on May 27th, 2008 at 7:11 pm Said:

    Hey chris,
    I actually saw challenger at the fiesta bowl last December. He is some amazing bird. I got to see him in our box up close. really quite amazing. I actually got to get a picture with him.

  4. Capt'n Chris, on May 28th, 2008 at 12:55 am Said:

    I saw two Bald Eagles in Washington State. It was so impressive we stopped the car to get a better look. We don’t see them much here in California, but would you believe it there’s a pair in the Lake Hemet area? That’s in Southern California. And, they’re a nesting pair!

  5. Anthony Carpeneti, on May 28th, 2008 at 8:56 am Said:

    I do not know where lake hemet is. I live in san francisco.

  6. Capt'n Chris, on May 28th, 2008 at 9:31 am Said:

    Here it is :)
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  7. Anthony Carpeneti, on May 28th, 2008 at 5:11 pm Said:

    Thanks. I didnt realize it was that far inland. :shock: Must be beautiful there.

  8. Capt'n Chris, on May 28th, 2008 at 5:23 pm Said:

    Thanks jallen24 :)

    For some reason the software on my end marked your posts as spam, and therefore I didn’t notice them until I scanned the spam folder. Good thing I did! Sorry about that, but it shouldn’t do it again.

    Capt’n Chris

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