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--14dae94ee253e786b104d97fa446 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Darrell, We've gotten calls about that several times from all over the province. Seems to be more common this time of year when they are either courting or having territory disputes. Often they are separated by someone from DNR or us, but I think that in most cases if people just backed off they would unhook easier without the stress of onlookers. As far as I know 2 eagles have never been found dead locked together :) We did get a call one night from people in Pugwash who found an eagle collapsed on the beach unconscious, the kids almost walked on her. We drove up to get her and she was totally out of it with no obvious injuries. I did a quick exam on the beach and she was in EXCELLENT flesh and even had a full crop of food, meaning she had eaten likely moments before whatever caused this collapse happened. I was worried she would inhale her crop contents and aspirate her food into her lungs so we took her to a vet clinic in truro where we anesthetized her and emptied out her crop...it was FULL of fish guts. The only thing I could find wrong on her ( I tested her for lead etc) was several puncture wounds on her feet and a gash over her beak. We'll never know what happened to her but I'm thinking she crash landed after one of those spiral locked displays and the punctures on her feet were from another eagle. Happy ending though..we released her about 10 days later and within 3 min of release she was joined by another adult eagle and they took off together. If any of you are on facebook, here's a link to the pics of that bird :) https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.375054129201088.87973.134671693239334&type=1 Helene Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 902-893-0253 birdvet@hotmail.com www.cwrc.net Please check our fundraising campaign on Indiegogo<http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bald-eagle-flight-training-facility/x/2437414> . We have until May 31 to reach our goal! On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:59 PM, <darrell@abolitphotos.ca> wrote: > *My friend who works for DNR told me tonight they were called to the > crashed eagles and after being manually unlocked they both flew away. There > was a little blood but no broken wings or such. Apparently it happens a > fair amount.* > > > > *Interesting how they wouldn't unlock even after crashing.* > > --14dae94ee253e786b104d97fa446 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Darrell, We've gotten calls about that several time= s from all over the province. Seems to be more common this time of year whe= n they are either courting or having territory disputes. Often they are sep= arated by someone from DNR or us, but I think that in most cases if people = just backed off they would unhook easier without the stress of onlookers. A= s far as I know 2 eagles have never been found dead locked together :)<div> <br></div><div style>We did get a call one night from people in Pugwash who= found an eagle collapsed on the beach unconscious, the kids almost walked = on her. We drove up to get her and she was totally out of it with no obviou= s injuries. I did a quick exam on the beach and she was in EXCELLENT flesh = and even had a full crop of food, meaning she had eaten likely moments befo= re whatever caused this collapse happened. I was worried she would inhale h= er crop contents and aspirate her food into her lungs so we took her to a v= et clinic in truro where we anesthetized her and emptied out her crop...it = was FULL of fish guts. The only thing I could find wrong on her ( I tested = her for lead etc) was several puncture wounds on her feet and a gash over h= er beak. We'll never know what happened to her but I'm thinking she= crash landed after one of those spiral locked displays and the punctures o= n her feet were from another eagle. Happy ending though..we released her ab= out 10 days later and within 3 min of release she was joined by another adu= lt eagle and they took off together.=A0</div> <div style><br></div><div style>If any of you are on facebook, here's a= link to the pics of that bird :)</div><div style>=A0<a href=3D"https://www= .facebook.com/media/set/?set=3Da.375054129201088.87973.134671693239334&= type=3D1">https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=3Da.375054129201088.87973= .134671693239334&type=3D1</a></div> <div style><br></div><div style>Helene</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra= "><br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Helene Van Doninck DVM<br>Cobequi= d Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre<br>RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0<br>902-893-02= 53<br> <a href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">birdvet@hotmail.co= m</a><br>www.cwrc.net= <br><div>Please check our fundraising campaign on=A0<a href=3D"http://www.i= ndiegogo.com/projects/bald-eagle-flight-training-facility/x/2437414" target= =3D"_blank">Indiegogo</a>.</div> <div style>We have until May 31 to reach our goal!</div><div><br></div><div= ><img src=3D"http://www.indiegogo.com/project/badge/339258/2437414"><br></d= iv></div></div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 10:59 PM, <span = dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:darrell@abolitphotos.ca" target=3D"_blank= ">darrell@abolitphotos.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gma= il_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-lef= t:1ex"> <div><p><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:times new roman,times;FONT-SIZE:large"><= em>My friend who works for DNR told me tonight they were called to the crashed eagles and after being manually=A0unlocked = they both flew away. There was a little blood but no broken wings or such. Appar= ently it happens a fair amount.</em></span></p> <p>=A0</p> <p><span style=3D"FONT-FAMILY:times new roman,times;FONT-SIZE:large"><em>In= teresting how they wouldn't unlock even after crashing.</em></span><br><br></p></div> </blockquote></div><br></div> --14dae94ee253e786b104d97fa446--
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