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AEF Updates & Events

Challenger Soars Over Wrigley Field

May 26, 2003/in AEF Updates & Events, All News, Challenger the Eagle, Press Releases /by Carolyn

CHICAGO — ‘Challenger’ – a 15-year old Bald Eagle – soared through the skies over Wrigley Field today during the Oak Ridge Boys’ singing of the National Anthem to raise awareness of the new Illinois Military Family Relief Fund.

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Baby eaglet

Eagles Receive Early Mother’s Day Gift; Name An American Eaglet Contest to be Held

May 7, 2003/in AEF Updates & Events, All News, Eagles in the News, Nest Cam News, Press Releases /by Carolyn

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn., May 9 — Four non-releasable female eagles cared for by the American Eagle Foundation at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, have received some early and very special Mother’s Day gifts. The stately moms are named Liberty, Cheyenne, Boni Spae and Twilight, and they all have been blessed with recently hatched bouncing baby eaglets.

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Challenger Soars Across the Country to Kick Off America’s Game

April 7, 2003/in AEF Updates & Events, All News, Challenger the Eagle, Press Releases /by Carolyn

NEW YORK — America’s eagle ambassador is taking to the skies over America’s greatest baseball parks, kicking off a new season of ‘America’s pastime’ with patriotic flair. ‘Challenger,’ the flying symbol of the American Eagle Foundation is in New York to fly over Yankee stadium tomorrow, April 8th, to open the team’s season and to honor America.

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Bonds and Giants Help Famed World Series Eagle

October 21, 2002/in AEF Updates & Events, All News, Challenger the Eagle /by Carolyn

Super slugger Barry Bonds enjoys a casual pre-game visit by American Eagle Foundation President Al Louis Cecere and Challenger, the celebrity Bald Eagle, in the Giants locker room at Pacific Bell Park.

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Liberty and Justice—Nesting Eagles Online

May 6, 2002/in AEF Updates & Events, All News, Nest Cam News /by Carolyn

They’ve been together through both the good and bad times since 1993. Now, the most intimate details of their family life are being revealed publicly via live action cameras on the World Wide Web.

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Celebrity American Eagle Ready for Super Year

January 7, 2002/in AEF Updates & Events, All News, Challenger the Eagle, Featured Stories, Press Releases /by Carolyn

Challenger, the Bald Eagle, may be soaring to new heights of super-stardom during the coming year. If the non-profit American Eagle Foundation (AEF) gets its wish, the thirteen year-old free flying wonder will soon be featured in children’s books, a line of toys, and even on the silver screen. If those dreams come true, 2002 and beyond could be very prosperous for the U.S.A.’s freedom symbol.

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Challenger, the Flying National Anthem Eagle

October 20, 2001/in AEF Updates & Events, All News, Challenger the Eagle /by Carolyn

It turns out that Challenger is a very busy bird. The 12-year-old bald eagle, whose spectacular fly-over punctuated the national anthem for the first two games of this World Series, spent most of yesterday as a passenger on George Steinbrenner’s private jet.

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Owl-X

A Tribute to Owl-X – by John Stokes

March 6, 2001/in AEF Updates & Events, All News /by Carolyn

Owl-X (pronounced Alex), was found in January 1985 as an injured youngster on the Belle Meade golf course in Nashville, TN. He had fallen from his nest during a storm and impacted on his left side.

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The Image that Started it All

January 29, 2000/in AEF Updates & Events, All News, Eagles in the News /by Carolyn

Motivated by an Associated Press photograph that appeared in The Tennessean newspaper June 16, 1983 depicting 23 eagles that had been shot in the Dakotas by poachers, Al Cecere, founder of the American Eagle Foundation, experienced a life-changing moment that redirected his life and aroused his passion to save a precious species.

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