Eagle found trapped upside down in Campbell River completes recovery at rehabilitation facility
CTV
An adult bald eagle has been released back into the wild 11 days after it was found stranded upside down high up in a tree in Campbell River, B.C. The eagle had been spotted hanging upside down in a tree near 2nd Avenue and Thulin Street in early October.
The eagle had been spotted hanging upside down in a tree near 2nd Avenue and Thulin Street.
Audrey Wagner was one of several people who contacted Mountainaire Avian Rescue and the city about the troubled bird.
"It was a whole neighbourhood thing, we wanted her out of that tree," Wagner told CTV News on Tuesday.
The eagle had been calling for its mate which is what drew the public's attention to its predicament.
"Just screeching and then the crows attacked it and then the male came and sat above her," Wagner said.
Alex Scott was one of two arborists working for the City of Campbell River at the time. He was tasked with making the climb to help the eagle down.
"I used a net to unhook the eagle from the branch, covered its head with the net and got it into rope bag," said Scott.
The arborist says the eagle appears to have landed on a branch when one of its toes got trapped between two branches, likely leading the bird to lose its balance. It was hanging from the tree by that toe.
