The 70-day-old eagle, nicknamed “Phoenix,” was discovered by a Wildlife Resources volunteer last week, after the 5,500-acre Dump Fire destroyed much of its habitat and left it with severe burns over its body.
A 70-day-old golden eagle in Ogden, Utah, was found alive on June 28 behind a charred tree, about 25 feet below his nest, which had been burned to a crisp in a 5,500-acre wildfire near Saratoga Springs. The raptor, which suffered burns on its talons, beak, head and wings, was taken to the Wildlife Rehbilitation Center of Ogden, where he was nicknamed "Phoenix."
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![The burned feathers of Phoenix, a 70-day-old golden eagle that was severely burned in Utah’s Dump Fire, at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Ogden, Utah. Since his rescue by a volunteer of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, the eagle has taken to eating beef heart and venison, and he is treated several times a day for burns. “He looks good now,” said Amber Hansen, a member of the center’s board of directors. “But we think if he had been [at the nest site] another day, he probably would not have survived.”](/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/07/09/Health-Environment-Science/Images/Utah_Wildfire_Eaglet_05441.jpg)
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