DENVER (KDVR) — One of the bald eaglets at Westminster’s Standley Lake was injured a month ago after colliding with power lines, but now city officials say the eaglet is healing and doing well.
Officials said the eaglet collided with power lines on June 15, sustaining “significant damage” to its wing. Standley Lake rangers and Colorado Parks and Wildlife rescued the young bird.
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At the time, officials said there was “cautious optimism” that the eagle would fully recover, but more than a month later, officials seem to have a better outlook on the bird’s progress.
“Great news from Standley Lake, the injured eaglet is alive and doing well,” officials said Monday in a Facebook post. “It’s still in rehabilitation, but the wing is healing nicely, and there’s hope for recovery.”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a 2005 study estimated anywhere from hundreds of thousands to 175 million birds were killed by power transmission and distribution lines annually…