White-tailed eagles: Footage reveals 'miracle chick' in flight
White-tailed eagles: Footage reveals 'miracle chick' in flight
A white-tailed eagle that broke its wing has taken to the skies after its parents nursed it back to health.
Footage captured from a boat off the Isle of Mull shows a "miracle" white-tailed eagle chick in flight, after it was nursed back to health by two unusually caring parents.
In an unprecedented display of extended eagle parenting, the two white-tailed parents skipped this year's breeding season to continue to tend to their year-old offspring.
The youngster's wing was broken when the nest fell to the ground during unseasonably wild weather last year.
The footage shows a bulge in the bird's wing - apparently a healed broken bone.
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Footage captured from a boat off the Isle of Mull shows a "miracle" white-tailed eagle chick in flight, after it was nursed back to health by two unusually caring parents.In an unprecedented display of extended eagle parenting, the two white-tailed parents skipped this year's breeding season to continue to tend to their year-old offspring.
The young, injured eagle finally took to the skies in the autumn, but Dave Sexton described its flight as “wobbly”.
The new footage, captured by wildlife photographer Gary Jones, shows a visible lump in its wing - probably a healed broken bone.
RSPB officer Dave spotted the juvenile this spring - alive and well and in a new nest in an area owned by North West Mull Community Woodland.
The fully-grown chick was being fed fish by its parents, caring behaviour that the eagle expert described as “unprecedented” for the birds.
"I’ve also consulted with other eagle experts at home and abroad, and so far no-one else has reported this kind of extended parenting behaviour for an injured chick.”
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