My alma mater is the home of the Southeastern Raptor Center (
http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/raptor), and it is a must-see facility. The demonstrations are absolutely amazing. At one time, Auburn featured the largest single-avian (giant cage for one bird) facility in the world and the college's mascot, a golden eagle, lived there.
Today, Auburn's golden eagle is used in the recreation of an old Auburn legend prior to all home football games. Briefly, the eagle is released from the upper deck and she circles the upper area of the stadium for several minutes and then dives to the ground, landing at the feet of her handler. As the eagle circles the stadium, the fans chant the word "warrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" taking many staggered breaths along the way, and then finally end by saying "eagle" right at the moment of landing (or touchdown). Hence, the screenname of yours truly.
The olympics in Salt Lake City borrowed our eagle for the opening ceremonies in 2002, and you may view the video of that event here (
http://www.univrel.auburn.edu/tiger/index.html).