'Christmas Eve eagle' rescued after found sick along a snowy Nebraska road

[Omaha Steve]

By Michael O'Connor / World-Herald staff writer Jan 2, 2018 Updated 14 min ago

She’s being called the Christmas Eve eagle.

A sick bald eagle found along a rural Nebraska road on Christmas Eve stands a chance at survival, thanks to a pair of sheriff’s deputies and others who helped the bird on that frigid night.

It’s now being treated at the Fontenelle Forest Raptor Recovery center near Elmwood.

Denise Lewis, interim director of the raptor recovery program, said the bird is suffering from lead poisoning. She said raptors sometimes ingest lead pellets when eating a dead animal that had been shot by a hunter.

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[Skittles]

1. nice

but those "trophy photos" are sickening

[RandomAccess]

2. I wondered if it was lead poisoning when I read the subject line

Rat fink Zinke overturned a regulation disallowing lead shot, knowing that this is the result.

Damn.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Best wishes to the Christmas Eve eagle. So good she was discovered. n/t