<\/a>Juneau Raptor Center board members Dale Cotton, left, and Janet Capito, talk Mount Roberts Tramway’s General Manager Jim Duncan about the construction on a new education display on Mount Roberts on Thursday, March 28, 2019. The display will house Lady Baltimore, an adult bald eagle that is not releasable back to the wild. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t
Jim Duncan Jr., general manager for Goldbelt Mount Roberts Tramway, said he likes to say Lady Baltimore has worked hard and deserves the upgraded place.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Lady Baltimore’s exact age is unknown, but Capito said she was an adult — at least 5 years old — when she was found in 2006. In captivity, eagles can live to be more than 40 years old, she said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The eagle was recovered in North Douglas after a gunshot had damaged her beak and caused her to suffer a wing injury and lose sight in an eye.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Juneau Raptor Center board members Janet Capito, left, and Dale Cotton, second from right, talk with Matthew Kenkle and Joseph Staran, right, of Silverbow Construction, about construction on a new education display on Mount Roberts on Thursday, March 28, 2019. The display will house Lady Baltimore, an adult bald eagle that is not releasable back to the wild.(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t
Capito said it’s unclear whether some of the injuries were suffered as a direct result of the gunshot, or because of an ensuing crash landing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The act that injured Lady Baltimore is illegal, and violating the National Bald Eagle Act can result in a fine of $100,00, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. <\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t “You can get some pretty hefty fines,” Capito said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Dale Cotton, Juneau Raptor Center president, said Lady Baltimore has been a fixture in the educational display for about a decade and has taken to it better than other eagles.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t “She likes it,” Cotton said. “She’s so calm.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t The old structure was about 15 years old and only featured one viewing window, Cotton said. It was falling into disrepair, and the decision was made to raze it in favor of an entirely new structure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Capito, Cotton and Duncan filled in some specifics about the in-progress building.<\/p>\n