A bald eagle is back in the wild after a successful release by the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society Wednesday at Ladner Harbour Park.
OWL rescued the eagle at the park last month after a film crew saw it in distress.
"They saw him walking around there, not flying obviously," said Martina Versteeg, bird care supervisor at OWL.
A person walking their dog also spotted the eagle and called OWL, she said.
"We caught him deep in the bramble bushes," Versteeg said.
It looked like the male eagle, believed to be about five years old, had a sore wing, probably from fighting with another bird, she said.
"This time of year, they're fighting to regain their territory and find their mates again. It looks like he may have been flung to the ground and had a soft tissue injury."
Rehab took about a month.
