Look at this eagle ... can take a few days to make themselves known,” OWL wrote on Facebook. During an exam, a rehabber sniffed the eagle's wing to see if he could smell singed feathers.

He also received a golden eagle from the government repository years after applying for it. Lilley recalled his excitement when the package arrived with a whole bird on dry ice. “I had to get someone ...

It can take up to 18 months for feathers to fully regrow naturally, severely impacting on an eagle's ability to survive. To help Storm, an innovative procedure called "imping" was used.