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Eagle Liberty flies from National Arboretum nest

WASHINGTON — Liberty took off. The male eagle at the National Arboretum fledged from his nest Thursday morning.

It happened at 6:12 a.m.

“It was a perfect launch and very intentional,” said Julia M. M. Cecere, spokeswoman for the American Eagle Foundation, in a news release.

A few seconds later, “Mr. President,” Liberty’s dad, flew off.

The American Eagle Foundation posted a video of the flight on its .

Thousands have already viewed the video.

Liberty and his sister, Freedom, have captured people’s attention since they hatched in March.

Freedom made on Sunday, June 5.

Watch the eagles on a .

Colleen Kelleher

Colleen Kelleher is an award-winning journalist who has been with ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ since 1996. Kelleher joined ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ as the afternoon radio writer and night and weekend editor and made the move to ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½.com in 2001. Now she works early mornings as the site's Senior Digital Editor.

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