{"id":976958,"date":"2026-05-22T03:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/976958\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T03:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:55:19","slug":"majestic-bird-left-for-dead-on-roadside-opens-his-eyes-and-sees-his-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/976958\/","title":{"rendered":"Majestic Bird ‘Left For Dead’ On Roadside Opens His Eyes \u2014 And Sees His Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past March, a woman named Beverly was driving through a spring snowstorm in Hayward, Wisconsin, carefully navigating the icy roadway, when she noticed a beautiful bird collide with a truck up ahead.<\/p>\n

The truck continued driving, but Beverly knew she had to stop. She quickly pulled over and ran to the bird, a bald eagle. Staring down at the majestic animal lying dormant in the snow, Beverly feared the worst. The bird had been \u201cleft for dead<\/a>,\u201d and he wasn\u2019t moving. But suddenly, Beverly saw something amazing \u2014 the eagle\u2019s eyes fluttered open.<\/p>\n

He was alive.<\/p>\n

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The animal lover grabbed her phone and contacted Winged Freedom Raptor Hospital<\/a>. Rescue coordinator Dennis Dunn and his wife, Sue, raced to the scene, journeying 30 miles while Beverly stood by the bird, making sure he was safe.<\/p>\n

Rescuers drove the bird to a veterinary hospital, where he was admitted into Dr. Kimberly Ammann\u2019s care. Ammann examined the eagle and found that he was in rough shape. He had sustained multiple fractures, and his breathing was labored. He would need surgery on his wing, as well as treatment for elevated levels of lead in his blood.<\/p>\n

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Team members named the eagle Breezy. During his first week in care, rescuers held their breath, hoping he would pull through. Luckily, Breezy\u2019s surgery went well. He tolerated his bandaged wing and underwent repeated X-rays and physical therapy to make sure he was improving.<\/p>\n

Finally, once his bandage was removed, rescuers released Breezy into an eagle recovery area. Here, Breezy could spread his wings again and interact with other rescue eagles.<\/p>\n

\u201cBreezy spent about a week on the lower perches, just a few feet off the ground, and then progressed to the higher perches and took longer and longer flights,\u201d Ammann told The Dodo. \u201cNow he flies circular laps in there with no apparent issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rescuers plan to release Breezy back into the wild on Memorial Day, as a way to honor fallen veterans.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOn this year of [the] 250th anniversary of our country, releasing our national bird seemed like a perfect fit,\u201d Ammann said. \u201cIt will be an emotionally moving experience. Our public eagle releases are always well attended, usually drawing over 100 people to watch. This one will be extra special.\u201d<\/p>\n

To help other animals like this eagle, you can donate to Winged Freedom Raptor Hospital.<\/a>\u00a0\"Man<\/a>Man Snaps Photo Of Bald Eagle With 2 Heads \u2014 Then Learns What’s Really Going OnHe was scratching his head …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This past March, a woman named Beverly was driving through a spring snowstorm in Hayward, Wisconsin, carefully navigating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":976959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3847],"tags":[1718,1716,30503,728,26087,70,1715,1713,16,15,1717],"class_list":["post-976958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animal-encounters","tag-daily-dodo","tag-eagle","tag-environment","tag-maeve-dunigan","tag-science","tag-standard","tag-the-dodo","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116616216277043225","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=976958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/976959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=976958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=976958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=976958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}