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Lake City ITD Staffers Help Save Young Eagle

From left, veterinarian technician Nichole Kuchinski, veterinarian Mary Widman and technician Amanda Hall tend to a young bald eagle outside the Idaho Transportation Department in Coeur d'Alene. (Courtesy photo via Coeur d'Alene Press)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
From left, veterinarian technician Nichole Kuchinski, veterinarian Mary Widman and technician Amanda Hall tend to a young bald eagle outside the Idaho Transportation Department in Coeur d'Alene. (Courtesy photo via Coeur d'Alene Press)
From left, veterinarian technician Nichole Kuchinski, veterinarian Mary Widman and technician Amanda Hall tend to a young bald eagle outside the Idaho Transportation Department in Coeur d'Alene. (Courtesy photo via Coeur d'Alene Press)

Idaho Transportation Department staff in Coeur d’Alene helped save a starving young bald eagle by connecting the raptor with appropriate rehabilitation agencies. The eaglet was found wandering in front of the district office building. A heavy sheet was put over the eaglet to subdue it until rescuers from the Prairie Animal Hospital could notify Birds of Prey Northwest to retrieve the bird. Janie Veltkamp, a raptor biologist with Birds of Prey, said initial efforts focused on helping the bird - which had likely come from the Heyburn area - regain some of the weight it had lost. She said birds of that size and age - the 2-month-old raptor stood more than 2 feet tall and had a 6-foot wingspan - normally weigh about 11 pounds, but it had shrunk to less than 9 pounds/ Coeur d’Alene Press . More here .

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