Eagle Recovering From Being Shot

On May 1, 2003, one of the first nesting pair of eagles from Westmoreland County was found, gunned down. With four pellets in his wing, one behind the eye, and one in the abdomen, the eagle was left helpless. The pellets had broken the massive bird's wing, and had left him blind in one eye.

It was a critical time of the year for this bird to be taken senselessly away from its duty to bring food to the nest for the female and babies. Now with one parent left to tend to the babies, it could affect the survival of the chicks.

Luckily the Pennsylvania Game Commission spotted the nest, and was able to provide road-killed animals to entice the female, so that she could care for their young.

With the nest being monitored, it seems as though the chicks are surviving.

In the meantime, the male bald eagle has recovered as much as he can at Tamarack Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. As of this writing, the Eagle is not releasable due to the pellet that has left him blind in one eye.