{"id":131199,"date":"2026-06-30T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=131199"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:01:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:01:50","slug":"fort-wayne-zoo-bald-eagle-habitat-ribbon-cutting-tomorrow-20260701","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2026\/06\/30\/fort-wayne-zoo-bald-eagle-habitat-ribbon-cutting-tomorrow-20260701\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Wayne Zoo bald eagle habitat ribbon cutting tomorrow &#8211; 7\/1\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_131197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131197\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/t20260616_tBaldEagleMale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"834\" class=\"size-full wp-image-131197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/t20260616_tBaldEagleMale.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/t20260616_tBaldEagleMale-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/t20260616_tBaldEagleMale-768x641.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/t20260616_tBaldEagleMale-504x420.jpg 504w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/t20260616_tBaldEagleMale-150x125.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/t20260616_tBaldEagleMale-696x580.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-131197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the newly arrived bald eagles at the Fort Wayne Zoo. Photo courtesy of the Zoo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Fort Wayne Zoo will hold a ribbon cutting for the new bald eagle habitat tomorrow, July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will start at 8:45 am. The time has been changed to accommodate heat concerns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2026\/06\/16\/fort-wayne-zoo-to-welcome-bald-eagle-in-patriotic-summer-debut\/\">Read more about the newly-arrived bald eagles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/four-sea-lions_frolic.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Our four sea lions frolic in the waters of Sea Lion Beach at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo  Photo Courtesy of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='243c7d4a8686e7c0feff677dc527c393' data-image-id=\"5379\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/four-sea-lions_frolic.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_four-sea-lions_frolic.jpg\" data-title=\"Four Sea Lions frolic\" data-description=\"Our four sea lions frolic in the waters of Sea Lion Beach at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo  Photo Courtesy of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Four Sea Lions frolic\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Four Sea Lions frolic\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5379\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_four-sea-lions_frolic.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/tiny_cassandra.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Tiny Cassandra follows Fishbone everywhere at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo Photo Courtesy of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='243c7d4a8686e7c0feff677dc527c393' data-image-id=\"5380\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/tiny_cassandra.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_tiny_cassandra.jpg\" data-title=\"Tiny Cassandra follows Fishbone everywhere.jpg (1.07 MB)\" data-description=\"Tiny Cassandra follows Fishbone everywhere at the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo Photo Courtesy of the Fort Wayne Children&#039;s Zoo.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Tiny Cassandra follows Fishbone everywhere.jpg (1.07 MB)\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Tiny Cassandra follows Fishbone everywhere.jpg (1.07 MB)\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5380\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_tiny_cassandra.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/three_weeks_old.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"At three weeks old, Tuck quadrupled its weight since hatching.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='243c7d4a8686e7c0feff677dc527c393' data-image-id=\"6001\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/three_weeks_old.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_three_weeks_old.jpg\" data-title=\"Tuck at three weeks old\" data-description=\"At three weeks old, Tuck quadrupled its weight since hatching.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Tuck at three weeks old\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Tuck at three weeks old\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6001\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/thumbs\/thumbs_three_weeks_old.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/zoo\/colobus_monkey1.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Colobus Monkey baby born at the Zoo with her mother. 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