Wildlife Images worker Cyndee Maunu was called to an upper Rogue River farm in February to capture a wounded bald eagle, but the rescue trip quickly became what appeared to be the tragic recovery of a dead raptor.
She found the bird comatose and barely breathing, like a feathery rag doll.
"When I held it in my arms, its head flopped down and its wings just sagged," Maunu says. "When I put it in the cage, I thought it had expired."
Now that floppy head is erect, its eyes as steely as ever. And come Tuesday, air again will be beneath the wings of this eagle as it is returned to freedom — the latest animal-rehabilitation success story for this Merlin-based operation.
The eagle that was discovered almost poisoned to death by lead and fertilizer will be freed Tuesday in the air over Lost Creek Lake, near the ranch where it was found less than two months ago.
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