According to witnesses, the eagle suddenly broke free and began majestically circling the playing field. As the eagle soared, Auburn began a steady march toward the Georgia end zone for a thrilling victory. At the game's end, the eagle took a sudden dive, crashed into the ground, and died.
But the War Eagle battle cry lived on to become a symbol of the proud Auburn spirit. It has been a part of Auburn's spirit for more than years. Since the first War Eagle, there have been seven others throughout Auburn's history that have served as a symbol of the Auburn spirit and kept alive the legendary battle cry. A ceremony marking the transition will be held at halftime of the Nov. Trainers made the trip to the facility to receive Auburn's new eagle.
The eagle originally came from St. Louis, Missouri, where she was seized by Federal agents as part of an illegal breeding operation and brought to Kentucky. She arrived in Auburn on October 8, at an age of six years. Like the two eagles before her, she was cared for by the members of Alpha Phi Omega and nicknamed Tiger. Shortly thereafter, the eagle was moved from the Hamer Aviary to the Southeastern Raptor center.
The Hamer Aviary was torn down in the summer of During the football season, War Eagle VI began a tradition of performing a free flight before a home football game. War Eagle VI, and later other eagles kept by the Southeastern Raptor Center in Auburn, flew around the stadium before landing on the field as the crowd chanted "War Eagle". Tiger continued to make non-flying appearances at Auburn University events and for wildlife education to various organizations until her death on June 18, , at age This eagle was hatched in at the Montgomery Zoo and was deemed non-releasable due to human imprinting.
Nova would make his first pregame flight at the Kentucky game in He would make 58 pregame flights before being sidelined in , due to a diagnosis of cardiomyopathy -a chronic disease of the heart.
In games following his flights, the Auburn football team compiled a record. During his reign as War Eagle VII, Auburn went overall and played in two national championship games, winning the title.
Although no longer flying, Nova continues to serve as War Eagle VII and has appeared in almost 2, educational programs across the Southeast. Nova has a 6-foot wingspan and weighs 6. As a male, he is slightly smaller than some of the former War Eagles. This size difference is because female eagles are normally about 30 percent larger than males. Another Golden Eagle would be brought to the Southeastern Raptor Center in , after being found near Selma, Alabama with an injury to her right wing.
Auburn veterinarians brought her back to good health, but the aftermath of the injury causes her to have more drag during flights. Liberty game. Aurea has a 6. Spectators mistook "bald eagle" for "war eagle" and began shouting it every time the Tigers came to the line.
When Lucy Hairston scored the game-winning touchdown for Auburn, he supposedly yelled "War Eagle," and a new Auburn tradition was born. During a Langdon Hall pep rally in the undefeated season of , the head cheerleader said, "If we are going to win this game, we are going to have to go out there and fight, because this means war.
Asked what it was, he reportedly shouted, "It's a War Eagle. Some say that Auburn fans adopted the "War Eagle" phrase due to its connection with Saxon warriors who used the yell as their battle cry. When buzzards would circle the battlefields, settling among the dead, the Saxons began calling them "war eagles. Since the first War Eagle, there have been six other birds throughout Auburn's history which have served as the school's symbol and kept alive the legendary battle cry.
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