Comment on Injured American Bald Eagle recovering at SPCA

He perched on a log Monday afternoon, looking as regal as ever, while staring toward the window of his outdoor, slatted wooden enclosure.The male American bald eagle – with the trademark white head, yellow beak and feet, and black-brown breast and back – is recuperating at the SPCA Serving Erie County’s Tonawanda shelter after he was found injured in a ditch along Route 394, south of Westfield, a little more than two weeks ago.Not much is known about how the iconic bird ended up in its sad state, but vets are nearly certain he will likely never return to the wild.“Unfortunately, whatever injured the eagle happened about two to three weeks before he was found, so his fractured wing was already healed,” said Beverly Jones, assistant director of wildlife services at the SPCA.