An Eagle named Trust ...

[In_The_Wind]

A Montgomery County animal services officer rescued an injured bald eagle, which was later named Trust, in the Potomac area.

It started about 8:45 a.m. Thursday when police said they received calls about an injured eagle in the area of River Road and Riverwood Drive.

Officer Jennifer Gill went to the area and was told by a resident that the eagle was spotted walking into nearby woods. She found the eagle in the woods. The bird had “an injury that prevented it from flying.”

Gill wrapped the eagle in towels, and Danny Thomas, an officer with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, helped her put the eagle in a carrier. The eagle was taken to the Owl Moon Raptor Center in Boyds, Md.

Animal Services Division Officer Jennifer Gill of Montgomery County holds an injured bald eagle she helped rescue from the woods in Potomac. (Courtesy of Montgomery County Police)
An examination at the raptor center found the eagle had suffered a “soft tissue injury.” Authorities said the injury appeared to be relatively recent because the eagle was otherwise at a healthy weight.

Gill named the eagle Trust.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/injured-bald-eagle-rescued-in-montgomery-county-officer-names-it-trust/2016/03/04/8a9651d8-e1fa-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html

[LiberalEsto]

1. Poor little iggle

Hope it gets well soon

[In_The_Wind]

2. Birds are amazing creatures.

and cute too

[denbot]

3. He looks a little bummed about be held captive.

Hopefully he'll make bail..

[In_The_Wind]

4. I hope they can release him. There must be a female sitting alone on her eggs waiting.

[denbot]

5. Wouldn't they wait till spring to lay eggs?

Seems there would be more food for the kiddies later on.

[In_The_Wind]

6. The Bald Eagles in Pennsylvania laid 2 eggs around Feb 18 this year.

http://hdontap.com/index.php/video/stream/bald-eagle-live-cam

[denbot]

7. Hmm..

Robins, they're not..

The video link did not work for me, but the next picture was pretty cool.

[In_The_Wind]

8. The first video was March 24 last year.

March 25

Published on Mar 20, 2015
It's another snowy morning at the Hanover nest and Mom is keeping the eggs nice and warm. Three squirrels decide to play chase on the branches just out of reach of Mom, silly squirrels don't know just how fast Mom can be.
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[Rhiannon12866]

9. When my grandmother was living in North Carolina, we often visited the Western NC Nature Center

They took in injured wild creatures there, everything from bats to bears to big cats, animals that could no longer live on their own in the wild. I adopted the corn snake for my grandmother, since she developed a fondness after having a nice chat with the reptile caretaker and being allowed to hold it, but my heart went out to the raptors since they looked so unhappy...

http://www.wncnaturecenter.com/

[In_The_Wind]

12. The raptors are magnificent creatures. I've seen Bald Eagles out near the Ashokan Reservoir.

Corn snakes are sweet and North Carolina is beautiful. I miss springtime in the Smokies.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. My grandmother was in Black Mountain, near Asheville

It's certainly beautiful country! When she moved South from New York, she chose that area partially because they still had a change of seasons. But when they even had a "dusting" of snow, not enough to even disturb me, LOL, people sure freaked out! One other thing that particularly impressed me was the flowers planted on the medians of the highways, yellow daffodils and red poppies, that I remember, just gorgeous!

And of all the animals, the ones that most broke my heart were the hawks...

[bigwillq]

10. I love eagles.

Such beautiful creatures.

[In_The_Wind]

15. We also have Golden Eagles in the Hudson Valley.

sigh, spring is on the way ...

[lastlib]

11. Wishing Trust a SPEEDY return to flight!!

Such noble birds, it pains me to see them hurt.



Thanks for posting!

[In_The_Wind]

13. I'll try and follow up on how Trust is doing.

I've watched eagles in the wild. There is nothing that compares to a raptor in flight.

[lastlib]

14. Thank you! hope to hear good news!