Two bald
eagles locked together by their talons in a midair battle survived a
crash landing onto a runway at a northeastern Minnesota airport.
Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Randy Hanzal says
the adult eagles couldn’t separate Sunday before slamming into the
tarmac at the Duluth International Airport.
Hanzal
tried to take the birds to a Duluth wildlife rehabilitation center. He
covered them with blankets and jackets on the back of his pickup and
held them down with webbing straps. En route,Hanzal says, he heard a
ruckus and saw one bird jump out and fly away.
The Duluth
News Tribune says the other eagle made it to the rehab center and is
now being cared for by the University of Minnesota in St. Paul’s Raptor
Center.
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