HARDWICK, WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – An update has arrived on the condition of a local eagle, reported to have been injured by what was likely a vehicle last month.
photo by Jana Smart
Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) Director of Wild Bird Rehabilitation Bren Lundborg reported a positive prognosis, as the bird recovers from several serious injuries, “So it’s doing well currently. I think the internal injuries we suspected are resolved. It did have a pretty severe wound on its leg as well that we’ve been managing and bandaging that seems like it’s close to being healed up, so we’re hoping to be getting it outdoors and hopefully out to our flight cage in the next week or two to kind of get a better assessment of its overall flight ability.”
He continued, “Things are looking fairly promising at this point, we still haven’t seen it in a large space so we don’t really know about flight ability. We didn’t see any fractures on the x-ray so I’m hopeful that it will be strongly flighted, and hopefully releasable within the next month or so, but we won’t really know until we’ve seen it in a bigger space.”
The VINS Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center has trained rehabilitators who treat over 1,000 injured, orphaned, and ill birds from throughout Vermont and New Hampshire each year, as well as caring for all resident raptors, songbirds, and reptiles at the Nature Center. To report an encounter with an injured wild bird, contact the Wild Bird Hotline at (802) 359-5000, ext. 212. (after hours x510).
Raymonda Parchment is a Hardwick Gazette reporter. She recently graduated from Vermont State University - Castleton with a Bachelor’s Degree in English. She is a strong supporter of freedom of speech, and the right to publish information, opinions, and ideas without censorship or restraint. She is a lifelong lover of the written word, and is excited to join the team as a staff member.
