I was hiking down a nearby gulch after work last week, when I saw what I thought were the fingers of a leather glove sticking up through the snow.\u00a0 When I took a closer look, I realized they were raptor talons.<\/p>\n
I dug down through the snow and ice and uncovered an eagle.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This was next to a power pole.\u00a0 I determined the eagle had been electrocuted when his\/her wings crossed two of the wires.\u00a0 The power pole even had a raptor guard on it, but that didn’t save this eagle.<\/p>\n
I later confirmed that it was a juvenile bald eagle, a little over a year old.\u00a0 It was a meaningless death that left me sad.<\/p>\n
\n Power pole where the eagle was killed, with trianglular raptor guard on the left.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was hiking down a nearby gulch after work last week, when I saw what I thought were the fingers of a leather glove sticking up through the snow.\u00a0 When I took a closer look, I realized they were raptor … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/egl-6604.jpg\" "\\"egl-6604\\"")
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