Golden Eagle at Porterville, California
Journal
Condor
Volume
22
Issue
2 (March-April)
Year
1920
Pages
72
Section
From Field and Study
Online Text
Golden Eagle at Porterville, California
On January 7, 1920, a Golden Eagle (dquila chrysaetos) flew down between two houses in the thickly settled part of Porterville, in an apparently exhausted condition. Two men happened along, and, taking hold of each wing, led it away for four blocks. lt was placed in a large shed and then given to the writer. After several days it began to eat, and it now seems to be out of the stupor it was in at first. The only explanation I could make to account for its condition was that it might have been eating poisoned squirrels. It might, perhaps, have come in contact with an electric line, but the former explanation seems more apt to be correct.
L. W. Hudson
Porterville, California, January 16, 1920
