Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying ...

16433. U.S. Steel Irvin Works Manager Don German had never heard of “imping,” let alone the concept of grafting flight feathers from another bird to an injured bald eagle. German and a ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies, according to wildlife officials ...

“Fledge” is the term for what happens when an eaglet develops wing feathers large enough to take flight, and does so for the first time. Eagles typically fledge between 10 and 14 week ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies, according to wildlife ...

The eagle called Storm had a feather transplant ... "He was looking a bit ragged so I followed him and realised he had damaged his flight feathers. "I think he was starving. He was trying to ...

Juvenile golden eagles in particular were targeted because their black and white feathers are highly desired among Native Americans, officials said. The poaching operation centered on the Flathead ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies, according to wildlife officials ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies, according to wildlife officials, ...