9/13/22 update – It’s annual physicals and aviary maintenance time for Eagle Mountain Sanctuary at Dollywood

All of the eagles will be removed from the hill for their physicals and then aviary maintenance will be performed.

We anticipate the cams to remain off-line during this time, returning approximately Thursday, September 22

We appreciate your patience!

Honor and Braveheart

Honor and Braveheart are a bonded non-releasable pair of Bald Eagles that live in a large private aviary at the American Eagle Foundation. They have hatched and raised numerous young as a part of the AEF’s Captive Breeding and Hacking programs.

This pair was already bonded when they were transferred to the American Eagle Foundation from the San Francisco Zoo in 2007. In a ceremony honoring fallen soldiers, these two Eagles, along with three other non-releasable Bald Eagle breeding pairs were named by the families of these brave soldiers.

Honor was named in honor of Lance Cpl. William Coprince, Jr. Braveheart was named in honor of Sgt. 1st Class James D. Connell.

In 2007, the American Eagle Foundation was chosen by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to receive four Bald Eagle breeding pairs from the San Francisco Zoo to care, originally it was to be five pairs, however one mate passed away prior to the transfer. The living mate of the pair is now a educational eagle.

These pairs were part of the San Francisco Zoo’s captive-breeding program. These regal birds had previously hatched numerous young eaglets, which were placed in wild nests located on the Channel Islands—as part of a Bald Eagle recovery project located off the coast of Los Angeles. The zoo concluded its successful breeding program after re-introducing more than 100 young Bald Eagles into the wild.

 Click here for information on previous residents, Grant and Glenda