Last night, on my way home, I'm easing through the neighborhood, when this guy slams into the side of my jeep. Initially, I thought it was one of the neighbor's dogs that like to chase cars. As soon as I put it into reverse, I could see him flopping around in the middle of the road. I was pretty shocked to see him stand up and kind of wobble around like he was drunk. About that time, the infamous car chasers were all coming out to see what was up. I had to act fast and get him up off the road before the dogs made it out to the street. I grabbed an old towel from the jeep and scooped him up. I was only a couple hundred yards from my house, so I just set him on the back of the jeep, bundled in the towel.
He was still in a daze when I got him to my house, so handling him was easy. I set him up on an old stump, hoping he'd gain some composure and fly away on his own. After about fifteen minutes, he opened his eyes and started looking around. He seemed to be pretty alert and aware of his surroundings, but he wasn't making any attempt to fly away. He was obviously still a little shook up. I set him up on a branch about 9' up a dogwood and hoped for the best.
This morning, I was surprised and relieved to see he had made it through the night and flew away on his own. Oh...and no damage to the jeep whatsoever. :thumbsup:
He was still in a daze when I got him to my house, so handling him was easy. I set him up on an old stump, hoping he'd gain some composure and fly away on his own. After about fifteen minutes, he opened his eyes and started looking around. He seemed to be pretty alert and aware of his surroundings, but he wasn't making any attempt to fly away. He was obviously still a little shook up. I set him up on a branch about 9' up a dogwood and hoped for the best.
This morning, I was surprised and relieved to see he had made it through the night and flew away on his own. Oh...and no damage to the jeep whatsoever. :thumbsup:
bald eagles that start screeching and skwaking at 4 am.
