Natural Resources Police investigating shooting of protected bird
By Candus Thomson, The Baltimore Sun
4:17 p.m. EDT, September 19, 2011
Maryland Natural Resources Police is investigating the shooting death of a bald eagle that was found Friday in Allegany County near the Pennsylvania line.
The mature eagle was found by a farm caretaker along the banks of Evitts Creek, just west of Rocky Gap State Park.
“It was probably sitting in a tree when it was shot in the chest,” said NRP Sgt. Art Windemuth. “It couldn’t have been mistaken for anything else. It had the white head and tail and golden beak and talons. It was the American symbol in full plumage.”
A preliminary investigation indicated that it was shot with a rifle and that it had been dead less than a week, Windemuth said.
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