On Tuesday travellers in Berserkjahraun lava field, which is located to the west of the town of Stykkishólmur on the north coast of Snfellsnes peninsula, noticed an eagle which had obvious trouble flying.
According to the local news site Skessuhorn local farmers heard news of the eagle and contacted contacted Róbert Arnar Stefánsson at the West Iceland Centre of Natural History, who went to the scene to check on the raptor, discovering he was badly injured with a broken wing.
Róbert and a team of locals, including Hildibrandur Bjarnason, the farmer at Bjarnarhöfn farm, along with his sons, managed to capture the bird after a short chase. According to Róbert Arnar, who told the story of the capture on his Facebook page, the eagle is less than a year old, having hatched in the summer of 2015. After capturing the bird Róbert sent it to Reykjavík where veterinarians will attempt to nurse it back to health.
Photographer Sumarliði Ásgeirsson, who participated in the capture of the eagle, photographing the adventure, captured this photo of the bird and one of the locals who caught him, after the injured raptor had been safely stored in a large dog cage on the back of a pick-up truck.
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Posted by Sumarliði Ásgeirsson on Wednesday, January 27, 2016
On Tuesday travellers in Berserkjahraun lava field, which is located to the west of the town of Stykkishólmur on the north coast of Snfellsnes peninsula, noticed an eagle which had obvious trouble flying.
According to the local news site Skessuhorn local farmers heard news of the eagle and contacted contacted Róbert Arnar Stefánsson at the West Iceland Centre of Natural History, who went to the scene to check on the raptor, discovering he was badly injured with a broken wing.
Róbert and a team of locals, including Hildibrandur Bjarnason, the farmer at Bjarnarhöfn farm, along with his sons, managed to capture the bird after a short chase. According to Róbert Arnar, who told the story of the capture on his Facebook page, the eagle is less than a year old, having hatched in the summer of 2015. After capturing the bird Róbert sent it to Reykjavík where veterinarians will attempt to nurse it back to health.
Photographer Sumarliði Ásgeirsson, who participated in the capture of the eagle, photographing the adventure, captured this photo of the bird and one of the locals who caught him, after the injured raptor had been safely stored in a large dog cage on the back of a pick-up truck.
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Posted by Sumarliði Ásgeirsson on Wednesday, January 27, 2016
