Gosh darn it !

Very sad day today, LARRY was euthanized this afternoon. He is the very handsome bald eagle in an earlier post. Unfortunately his injuries turned out to be from an electrocution. He has been at this facility for exactly three weeks, about the length of time it takes for that type of wound to do its damage. His body was turned over to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service agent here in Cody so he can contact the power company that takes care of the area where this bird was found. Hopefully they will retrofit all the poles in the immediate area so this won't happen again.

There is no way of knowing if LARRY had a clutch of babies with the mate who has been seen hanging around where he was found. I can only hope that this was their first year together and they hadn't set up housekeeping yet. One adult wouldn't be able to provide enough food for the two to three babies that bald eagles usually produce.