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Kim Stroud, the director of the Ojai Raptor Center, wraps a towel around Avalon, a young female bald eagle, as she and trainer Mike McClellan prepare to give her a checkup at the center.

Photo by Rob Varela, Ventura County Star

Kim Stroud, the director of the Ojai Raptor Center, wraps a towel around Avalon, a young female bald eagle, as she and trainer Mike McClellan prepare to give her a checkup at the center.

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  • Kim Stroud, the director of the Ojai Raptor Center, wraps a towel around Avalon, a young female bald eagle, as she and trainer Mike McClellan prepare to give her a checkup at the center.
  • Avalon, a young female bald eagle, sits in her aviary at the Ojai Raptor Center. The center will hold its annual open house Saturday, and visitors might be able to view Avalon from afar.
  • Mike McClellan works with Avalon, a young female bald eagle, at the Ojai Raptor Center. Avalon was born on Catalina Island and later found with a broken wing in Washington state. The Ojai Raptor Center will hold its annual open house Saturday.
  • Mike McClellan removes a hood from Avalon as he works with the young female bald eagle at the Ojai Raptor Center.
  • Avalon, a young female bald eagle, looks Mike McClellan in the eye, indicating that he has her attention as he works with her at the Ojai Raptor Center.
  • Mike McClellan works with Avalon, a young female bald eagle, at the Ojai Raptor Center.

The predatory birds at the Ojai Raptor Center will be hard at work Saturday when as many as 1,000 visitors will be welcome at a free annual open house. Among more than two dozen raptors will be a new arrival, an Internet star named Avalon who is not yet trained. The female bald eagle will be visible only from afar.

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