One Wing, then an approximately ten year old bald eagle, was injured as result the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and found by humans.
He given a mew in Fort Richardson, which he shared with Old Witch, one of the other bald eagles injured during the oil spill.
Bird TLC sought permission from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to have him cremated,[9] and announced their intentions to scatter his ashes in Prince William Sound.
To commemorate the occasion, a local drum group was given permission to play an Eyak honor song.
[5] Harris had originally begun studying to birds at the center in order to complete a set of scientific illustrations.