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Bald Eagle Found Wrapped In Nylon Line
POSTED: 1:31 pm PDT August 8,
2007
UPDATED: 5:51 pm PDT August 8,
2007
BREMERTON, Wash. -- A bald eagle had to be rescued from a tree after it was found tangled in nylon line used for bailing hay, which was wrapped around a tree branch Wednesday, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.It was discovered by the property owner, Brent Ewald, in East Bremerton on Illahee Road Northeast.Ewald called a wildlife rehabilitator who hired a tree climber to go up and retrieve the bird, which was stuck about 80 feet up in a Douglas Fir tree.KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Kevin McCarty was able to capture photos of the rescue on his cell phone camera.
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Rescuers were able to bring the juvenile eagle down where they discovered it had a broken leg.Wildlife rescuers took the eagle in hopes of saving the bird.
Rescuers were able to bring the juvenile eagle down where they discovered it had a broken leg.Wildlife rescuers took the eagle in hopes of saving the bird.
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