MARYLAND — Investigators in Maryland hope to learn what killed 13 Bald Eagles in Federalsburg over the weekend.
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to a conviction in the bizarre discovery on the Eastern Shore, the Natural Resources Police (NRP) announced on Monday.
USA Today reports: “There, a man searching for shed deer antlers came upon what appeared to be a dead turkey. It was in fact a dead bald eagle – with three others nearby.
After police arrived, they searched the grounds and found nine more dead eagles, the Baltimore Sun reports. The cause of the birds’ death remained unclear.
Authorities photographed the scene and tagged the birds before turning the matter over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for an investigation […]”
An official told the post there were “no obvious signs of trauma with these birds.”
The investigation is ongoing.
