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Sitka, a Bald Eagle and Raptor-in-Residence here at the Alaska Raptor Center, is back after her summer at our Ketchikan facility! Sitka was sent to the Alaska Raptor Center after being hit by a car in Ninilchik, a village on the Kenai Peninsula. She suffered from multiple injuries, including a hole in her right patagium, or the fleshy part of the wing, and severe damage to her right hallux, or rear toe. She was left with a permanent right wing droop that causes her to drag and damage her importa