The eaglet who underwent emergency surgery after swallowing a fishing hook is back in his nest.
The eaglet swallowed the hook at two weeks old, and underwent surgery within 12-hours of ingestion, then spent about a week in recovery.
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The eaglet was returned to the tree-top U.S. Steel nest on Tuesday afternoon.
Officials with Tamarack Wildlife Center say Eagles are very faithful parents, so Stella and Irvine are expected to resume care of the eaglet, alongside his two older siblings.
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