The bald eagle was found along the boundary of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, said officials at the park, which is part of the U.S. National Park Service.

A bald eagle was discovered in a Missouri park in August 2024. Wildlife officials feared the bird was injured, but X-rays revealed the eagle was just 'too fat to fly' after eating a raccoon.

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. It turns out an “injured” bald eagle didn’t need to be nursed back to health, Missouri officials say, as the bird was simply suffering from success.

Wildlife experts in Missouri were recently called to Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, located 230 miles southwest of St.

Officials thought this bald eagle was injured. It was actually just 'too fat to fly'. Officials found a raccoon paw inside the eagle's stomach when X-rays were performed on the bird.

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. It turns out an “injured” bald eagle didn’t need to be nursed back to health, Missouri officials say, as the bird was simply suffering from success.

Stock image of a bald eagle. Gavin Wilson/500px/Getty. In their findings on the bill to amend Title 36 of the United States Code, ...

REPUBLIC, Mo. — Painstaking hours spent capturing and attempting to diagnose a bald eagle in southern Missouri resulted in what seemed like a practical joke. Missouri Department of Conservation ...

Over the next few decades, the bald eagle populations recovered. By 2007, there were nearly 10,000 nesting pairs in the U.S. and bald eagles were removed from the endangered species list.