The injured eagle which was rescued on Snæfellsnes peninsula on Wednesday has arrived at the Reykjavík Family Park and Zoo where it will be cared for and nursed back to health, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV reports.
The following video posted by the local news site visir.is shows the eagle arriving at the Reykjavík Zoo.
The eagle, which is a female hatched in the summer of 2015, will be taken to the Animal hospital today for further inspection, but she seems to be in much better shape than originally feared.
Read more: Young eagle with a broken wing rescued in West Iceland
Kristinn Haukur Skarphéðinsson with the Icelandic Institute of Natural History told RÚV that the eagle is likely to recover fully. Originally it was feared the eagle had a broken wing, which fortunately was not the case. “We found that she was missing a number of important flight feathers from her wing, which is very unusual for this time of the year.”
Kristinn believes the eagle might either have flown into something, or been attacked by a fox. “The feathers which are missing will all grow back in a few weeks. I expect she will be flying sometime in February.”
The injured eagle which was rescued on Snæfellsnes peninsula on Wednesday has arrived at the Reykjavík Family Park and Zoo where it will be cared for and nursed back to health, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service RÚV reports.
The following video posted by the local news site visir.is shows the eagle arriving at the Reykjavík Zoo.
The eagle, which is a female hatched in the summer of 2015, will be taken to the Animal hospital today for further inspection, but she seems to be in much better shape than originally feared.
Read more: Young eagle with a broken wing rescued in West Iceland
Kristinn Haukur Skarphéðinsson with the Icelandic Institute of Natural History told RÚV that the eagle is likely to recover fully. Originally it was feared the eagle had a broken wing, which fortunately was not the case. “We found that she was missing a number of important flight feathers from her wing, which is very unusual for this time of the year.”
Kristinn believes the eagle might either have flown into something, or been attacked by a fox. “The feathers which are missing will all grow back in a few weeks. I expect she will be flying sometime in February.”
