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**WendyBG** · 04-23-2007, 01:14 PM

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Sheri Clark figured the big bird was in trouble, but until she got close enough to see its face, she didn't know how bad things were: The golden eagle had tangled with a porcupine.

Clark could see 10 or 15 barbed quills poking out of the bird's face, all around its razor-sharp, hooked beak.

...

"I knelt down by her real slow," Clark said. "She allowed me to get next to her and to pull out those quills. She never opened her beak, never moved her wings, never made a sound."

Then she realized that hundreds of quills pierced the eagle's chest, legs, feet and talons. The job was way more than she could handle.

She remembers looking the bird in the eye and saying aloud: "We're goin' to town." ...

04-23-2007, 01:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
WendyBG Member Join Date: Feb 04th, 2007 Location: Western WA Posts: 126	Saving a golden eagle http://www.oregonlive.com/living/ore...600.xml&coll=7 Sheri Clark figured the big bird was in trouble, but until she got close enough to see its face, she didn't know how bad things were: The golden eagle had tangled with a porcupine. Clark could see 10 or 15 barbed quills poking out of the bird's face, all around its razor-sharp, hooked beak. ... "I knelt down by her real slow," Clark said. "She allowed me to get next to her and to pull out those quills. She never opened her beak, never moved her wings, never made a sound." Then she realized that hundreds of quills pierced the eagle's chest, legs, feet and talons. The job was way more than she could handle. She remembers looking the bird in the eye and saying aloud: "We're goin' to town." ...