By Erin Harney
Shelby County just received a new namesake, Shelby, an American bald eagle now on display at the Alabama Wildlife Center (AWC) in Oak Mountain State Park.
The new eagle, and a Eurasian eagle owl – the largest owl species in the world (cousin to Alabama’s great horned owl) – now reside in a state-of-the-art raptor enclosure, called a mew, on the grounds of the facility.
“This has been a momentous day for us, we have waited for so long, for the partnerships to band together,” AWC board chairman Linda Miller said during the Dec. 15 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the mew.
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