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Bald Eagle Found Wrapped In Nylon Line

Posted: 1:31 pm PDT August 8, 2007Updated: 5:51 pm PDT August 8, 2007

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.

VIDEO BACKSTORY: Saving An Eagle

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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