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Pair of injured eagles prove to be lovebirds Reunited raptor
18 Jul 2011 18:54 #1
by Wily Fox aka Angela
They are the fiercest-looking lovebirds you'll ever see, and they demonstrate their bond by eating dead rats side by side, wings touching.
The two seriously injured bald eagles, found two months apart and more than a mile away from each other near the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, were rescued and reunited in a wildlife rehabilitation facility in Medina last week.
Wildlife rehabilitator Wendi Pencille already was treating the female bald eagle, who snapped a tendon in her wing, at her Bless the Beasts Foundation, when she picked up the injured male bald eagle.
"What if he's her mate?" Pencille thought at the time.
The chances were slim, almost impossible. But these eagles beat the odds.
By their behavior, it is clear the two eagles were a bonded pair before their injuries, according to Pencille and other experts.
The bald eagles, a threatened species in New York, each wear state and federal bands, and it's possible that a photo of the pair on a nest together earlier this year could prove their bond.
http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/07/18/eagles.jpg?t=1311019791&s=3
to read more http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article490703.ece
The two seriously injured bald eagles, found two months apart and more than a mile away from each other near the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, were rescued and reunited in a wildlife rehabilitation facility in Medina last week.
Wildlife rehabilitator Wendi Pencille already was treating the female bald eagle, who snapped a tendon in her wing, at her Bless the Beasts Foundation, when she picked up the injured male bald eagle.
"What if he's her mate?" Pencille thought at the time.
The chances were slim, almost impossible. But these eagles beat the odds.
By their behavior, it is clear the two eagles were a bonded pair before their injuries, according to Pencille and other experts.
The bald eagles, a threatened species in New York, each wear state and federal bands, and it's possible that a photo of the pair on a nest together earlier this year could prove their bond.
http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/07/18/eagles.jpg?t=1311019791&s=3
to read more http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article490703.ece
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