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Eagle rescued in NH came from RI
Bald eagle found 70 miles from nest
Updated: Monday, 26 Nov 2012, 8:56 PM EST
Published : Monday, 26 Nov 2012, 1:57 PM EST
SALEM, N.H. (AP) -- A bald eagle that was rescued from an animal trap by New Hampshire police on Thanksgiving Day came from Rhode Island.
Salem police say based on a band on the eagle's leg, biologists say the bird was hatched from a nest in Scituate Reservoir in Rhode Island in 2005.
The distance from the nest to where it was found in Salem is about 70 miles.
The eagle was freed from the trap by police who watched it fly away apparently unharmed except for a small cut on its leg.
A Massachusetts hunter reported finding the eagle next to a recently skinned remains of a beaver. Police say it appeared the eagle was attempting to feed on the beaver and got caught in the trap.
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