Golden Eagle

• Andi

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Andi, a golden eagle

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Age: hatched 1989
Sex: female
Weight: 10 pounds
Date of recovery: 1989
Location of recovery: Clara City, Minnesota
Original problem: Andi is the largest and most powerful education bird at The Raptor Center. She was found on the ground during a blizzard in Clara City, Minn., in 1989. Unable to fly, she had a number of porcupine quills in her, and is thought to have collided with a powerline. She is blind in one eye and has a permanently disabled left wing.