Our bird's name is Elgie, derived from L.G. which stands for "Little Girl", the name she was originally called when the Center first received her. The Center received a call in the spring of 2001 from a family in Enon reporting that there was a young owl in their yard.  At the home, naturalists from the Raptor Center found that she had fallen out of the nest, but was too young to live on her own.  Attempts to return her to the nest were unsuccessful, so "Little Girl" was raised at the Raptor Center. 

After being fed from a raised platform away from humans until adult size, she was released into the wild in the summer of 2001.  However, on September 11, 2001, the center received a call from Clifton Gorge reporting an owl that was flying at people.  Glen Helen naturalists discovered that this owl was none other that "LG".  Elgie, as she is now known, was too socialized to humans to safely live in the wild.  She now resides at the Glen Helen Raptor Center and participates with the naturalists in educational programs.