Conservationists Save Baby Bald Eagle After Bird's Parent Accidentally Knocks Chick Out of Nest

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Sharpe, the outlet noted, oversees the bald eagle restoration project on the Channel Islands in California, where he and his team monitor bald eagle nests. The group is watching over 21 nests this season, per CNN.

Sharpe told the outlet that the chick — born on April 6 — fell into a gully somewhere between 10 to 15 feet below its nest.

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A day after the eaglet fell, Sharpe and two others found the bird and performed a health check on the chick before returning it to its nest.

Sharpe told CNN that the chick didn’t “seem injured” and it had “been eating well and sleeping well.”

“A lot of effort’s been put into restoring the eagles,” he added. “The loss of one chick in a season can have quite a big impact. We’re just trying to maximize the number of chicks that reach maturity.”

Sharpe told CNN that he would return to the eagle chick’s nest in a few weeks to place an identification band on the bird’s leg, measure the animal, and try to determine the eaglet’s sex.

source: people.com