This week, the Wildlife Center of Virginia (WCV) is going to release two bald eagles. The center has planned to release one eagle on Wednesday morning at Widewater State Park in Stafford County and the other on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at the Chippokes Plantation State Park in Surry County.

People can see the releases that too free of cost. The information related to the release is available. Anybody interested in attending it can RSVP to WCV by sending an email to lkegley@wildlifecenter.org.

An adult female is going to be released on Wednesday. An animal control officer found this eagle in bad conditions on May 10, on the ground near Widewater, captured her and transported her to the Wildlife Center in Waynesboro. In the list of year 2015, the female eagle was the 642nd patient. In the center she was given a complete physical examination, including radiographs and blood work.

After spending last three months in the WCV’s outdoor pens, the eagle is fine now and all set to be returned to the wild.

The other eagle, which is to be released on Thursday is a juvenile male. Animal Control Officer Tiffany Webb found him on the ground in Windsor on June 19, captured him and took him to Smithfield Animal Hospital.

Later on he was transported to WCV in Waynesboro.

WCV veterinary and rehabilitation staff have taken care of this male eagle for a number of weeks and have found that the eagle is now all set to be returned to the wild.