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What an awesome story he'll have to tell for the rest of his life!
I don't blame him for keeping his helmet on, she could have torn his face off with that beak and talons.
Love stories like this!
I had a friend who rescued an Osprey chick that had been shot. He wrapped it up in his jacket to take it home, he thought all was good until the bird flexed his talons and sunk them into the muscles of his forearm. He walked home with that sucker latched onto his arm and called some old guy who took care of sick wildlife. No one wanted to kill it so they had to use needle nose pliars to remove the 3 talons in his arm. I look back and laugh now. The chick didn't make it (it died 3 days later) and my friend was on some heavy duty antibiotics after the doctor cleaned up the wounds.
I almost hit a young eagle going south on hwy 167 in Wa state. A bunch of crows was forcing him/her into traffic. I saw the eagle crash land in the ditch a few seconds later.
The recovery of the bald eagle is a wonderful success story.
Growing up in southern Minnesota in the 1970s and 1980s, I never saw a bald eagle. Now, I see them soaring over town on a regular basis. There's a nest just outside of town off a highway, and I look for eagles in it every time I drive past. About half the time, I see one. It's been there for years. There's another nest on the river south of town. And there's a nest just off the interstate freeway about 30 miles from here, on a lake. Neither the traffic of the freeway nor the lake traffic (it sees a lot of boats) seems to bother them, as that nest has been there at least ten years.
What an awesome story he'll have to tell for the rest of his life!
I don't blame him for keeping his helmet on, she could have torn his face off with that beak and talons.
Love stories like this!
Yeah, my first thought was "I'd have done the same," but then I saw the pictures, and was reminded of how massive they are in person. Not only are they huge, but they are also apex predators, and among the most powerful animals on the planet, if not, THE most powerful... And... Eagles are known to be very, VERY bitchy birds lol. Both the guy and the bird are lucky here...
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