Ailing eagle on the mend
Several blocks northwest of Garfield Ridge—just west of 47th and Harlem–motorists late last month noticed an eagle flying low and acting erratically.
The Villa Park-based Chicago Bird Collision Monitors was contacted, and its volunteers found and captured the majestic bird.
It was transported to a facility owned and operated by Glen Ellyn-based Willowbrook Wildlife, where veterinarians determined the eagle was not injured, but poisoned by anti-coagulants normally used to kill rats.
Raptors who eat mice and rats (as well as rabbits and squirrels) are themselves poisoned.
The eagle is expected to be held for about a month as it is given doses of vitamin K to restore its blood clotting ability.
Volunteers said the eagle is believed to be part of a pair, so the plan is to release it back to the forest preserves near where it was found, to continue with nesting season.
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