Two bald eagles locked together
by their talons in a midair battle survived a crash landing onto a
runway at a northeastern Minnesota airport.
Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources conservation officer Randy Hanzal says the adult eagles
couldn’t separate Sunday before slamming into the tarmac at the Duluth
International Airport.
Hanzal tried to take the birds to
a Duluth wildlife rehabilitation center. He covered them with blankets
and jackets on the back of his pickup and held them down with webbing
straps. En route,Hanzal says, he heard a ruckus and saw one bird jump
out and fly away.
The Duluth News Tribune says the
other eagle made it to the rehab center and is now being cared for by
the University of Minnesota in St. Paul’s Raptor Center.
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