Off the shore of Petenwell Lake is just one of the few spots in Wisconsin where the DNR allows eagles to be released.

Joan Koren, an event coordinator of the Rome Eagle Release, said, "The eagles when released need a high point because when they are release they scope down and tend to need lower elevation."

It's Rome’s Annual Nature and Wildlife Days Eagle Release. Each year world renowned raptor expert Marge Gibson and the R.E.G.I organization release a bald eagle off the peak of the Lure Bar and Grill.

Ann Prey, an event coordinator, said, "The DNR only allows eagles to be released from three different places in Wisconsin and this happens to be one of them."

The Raptor Education Group, Inc., otherwise known as R.E.G.I., was started by Gibson. It's a nonprofit organization that takes injured eagles, hawks and owls in and helps them nurse back to health. If the birds are lucky enough they are released back to the wild.

R.E.G.I. takes in injured birds from all over the state, and on Sunday she released a three-year-old bald eagle that was almost near death when she first received him.

Raptor expert Marge Gibson said, "He only weighted four pounds when he came in to us so he was starving as well as poisoned, so he was a pretty sick little guy. He was found near the railroad tracks near the Kraft plant in Wausau."

The poison that affected this male bald eagle led to brain trauma. He was unable to eat and had to be fed by a tube. However, he was able to over come the odds. Nine months later he is strong and ready to return home to the wilderness.

If you would like make a donation or spot an injured bird, you can log on to www.raptoreducationgroup.org.