Bald eagle found alive and plastered to car grille after collision, Maryland cops say

When a driver in Maryland collided with an impressive animal, nobody anticipated a cheerful ending.

As the motive force was cruising down Route 4 on March 9, which follows Chesapeake Bay, an American bald eagle flew throughout the street, by chance hitting the entrance of the motive force’s automobile, in keeping with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Workplace.

The driving force pulled over and received out of their automobile to verify for the chicken, deputies stated.

However there was no chicken on the bottom.

Perched like a hood decoration, the eagle was draped throughout the entrance of the automobile and strapped within the car’s grille, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

The driving force referred to as animal management, and shortly Calvert County Animal Management Officer Hannah Neel arrived to have a look.

“ACO Neel safely eliminated the eagle,” the sheriff’s workplace stated. “After an intensive examination, all had been relieved to search out the chicken appeared to be in good well being and was rapidly launched again into the wild.”

Grownup eagles can weigh as a lot as 14 kilos and have an 8-foot wingspan, in keeping with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Eagles mate for all times and work collectively annually to construct large nests to deal with and lift their younger, the company says.

Calvert County is a couple of 65-mile drive south of Baltimore.

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