NBC New York: Poisoned bald eagle gets dramatic rescue in NJ

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A two year old bald eagle is recovering in captivity, after being spotted staggering near a reservoir in Short Hills, N.J.

"You couldn't write a book on how to catch these birds because every situation is different," said Ben Montgomery of the non-profit The Raptor Trust in nearby Millington.

Montgomery and his co-worker Cathy Malok took shallow water kayaks out into a wetland near New Jersey American Water's Canoe Brook Reservoir to try to catch the young bird. But she wouldn't cooperate, and finally they had to jump into freezing water to get a net close enough to catch her.

 

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