On November 24th, 2025 , just after 9pm, the OCCRA phone rang. A volunteer answered and spoke to a disc golfer at Pier Park in North Portland.

He told the volunteer, “we were playing night frolfing, and we almost hit a bald eagle with the disc, otherwise we wouldn’t have noticed her”.
“Madge” as she was aptly named after this intense evening, (for your Majesty), was covered in blood, and at first, our good samaritan caller couldn’t even tell he was a bald eagle, if it weren’t for her impressive stature and size.

He didn’t know what had happened to her, but she’d obviously been in a very severe fight with another animal of some kind, and she wasn’t able to fly on approach.
Within an hour, 4 OCCRA volunteers arrived. 3 with bald eagle handling experience, and 1 newer volunteer ready to get some in the field experience with these majestic raptors.

OCCRA Volunteers were able to surround and capture the eagle and take her to Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital where she survived overnight care, and then was taken to Bird Alliance of Oregon the following morning. After just 2 short months in rehab, “Madge” got to go home. She was released in Pier Park in front of a large gathering of our community members, BAO and OCCRA volunteers, and our original caller/disc golfer. Madge was one of the biggest eagles Bird Alliance, or OCCRA has ever seen. She ate them out of house and home with her fish intake. We were proud to be part of her amazing story. INSTAGRAM REEL EAGLE RELEASE