The fourth and final level uses all the previously learned skills and applies them to working with the bigger and stronger eagles. Volunteers work with the education eagles and care for the injured eagles. An immature bald eagle is kept quiet while its injured wing heals. Volunteers commit to attending weekly meetings every Tuesday night. During the meetings volunteer schedules are made and new cases of injured birds are discussed.
Volunteers also agree to assist once a week with treatments and care of the birds.
The birds are treated twice a day at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. and each treatment lasts two to four hours depending upon the number of birds. Rocky Mountain Raptor Program volunteers may be as young as 10 and are an asset to the program well into retirement. Youths may begin volunteering at age 10 but must be accompanied by an adult until they are 16. It takes kids longer to go through the training. This is physically demanding work.