I would have missed this one if it weren’t for chat mod Kanawa! We don’t know this eagle’s story: how it lost a foot, how it survived, where it came from. But we know that it lived at least a year and maybe longer with one foot, that it enjoyed preening on a sunny day, and that it returned to a familiar place, with familiar faces: https://www.raptorresource.org/2023/12/07/bald-eagles-a-fission-fusion-species/.
Good luck, friend! We hope to see you next year.
The Raptor Resource Project