Ecologists came to the rescue of a baby bald eagle after it was accidentally kicked from its nest by its parent.
The chick was sleeping Monday on one of its parents' feet when"the parent took off, and it just accidentally knocked the chick out of the nest," research ecologist Peter Sharpe, who oversees the bald eagle restoration project on the Channel Islands in California, told CNN. Sharpe and his team are monitoring 21 bald eagle nests on the islands this season. The eaglet fell between 10 and 15 feet and landed in a steep gully, Sharpe said.
" The 3-week old chick was hatched April 6.Read MoreThis isn't the first time Sharpe's job has required him to rescue a baby eagle. Just last week, the ecologist returned another fallen eaglet to its nest, he said. Bald eagles start to fly between 10 and 12 weeks old, Sharpe said, then usually spend another month with their parents before becoming fully independent.
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