BALD EAGLE RESCUE in Wake County and WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND AN INJURED BALD EAGLE. First: my heartfelt thanks to Jim Stafford and his crew, Keith Megginson, Barbara Driscoll and the Carolina Raptor Center. A week ago I got a call from Jim Stafford of Gaines and Company Inc. of Knightdale. He was trying hard to get information on how to rescue an injured bald eagle that he and his crew found the day before while working on a construction site. They called NC Wildlife Resources Commission, and left information asking for help with the bald eagle but regretfully did not get a reply from them. Jim then reached out to the local wildlife rehab facilities – American Wildlife Refuge and CLAWS – and again got no responses. Jim was bewildered and upset as he wanted to help the eagle. By Thursday afternoon, as the eagle was visibly losing the fight to stay alive, his friend Barbara Driscoll had suggested that he call me. After much discussion and a lot of phone calls back-and-forth we got it arranged for Keith Megginson, (a monitor for the breeding bald eagles program for the US Army Corps of Engineers at Jordan Lake) to help with the actual capture of the bald eagle. I talked through the capture process with Keith and Jim. Keith gathered up the equipment needed and went to the site to help safely capture the bald eagle and get it ready for transport. Jim dropped everything in his busy schedule to transport the eagle from the capture site in Wake County to the Carolina Raptor Center in Huntersville. There were many hours spent by Jim and Keith with their only concern being the attempt to help the eagle. Regretfully, after the veterinarian at the Carolina Raptor Center examined the eagle it had to be euthanized. All of us involved wondered what might have been the outcome if knowledgeable help had been available the day the eagle was found. Tomorrow I will post WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU FIND AN INJURED BALD EAGLE. Please read and keep the information handy.