Eagle hit by jet likely won't be released

CASTALIA — After nearly a year of rehab, a bald eagle that was clipped by a jet at the Erie-Ottawa Regional Airport likely will not recover enough to be released into the wild.

Instead, the female eagle will be a wildlife ambassador at Back to the Wild, the non-profit wildlife rehabilitation center in Castalia where she was taken after her run-in with the plane, said Heather Yount, center staff supervisor.

Her role will be to help educate people about eagles and their place in the ecosystem. Back to the Wild plays host to school groups to help educate students about wild animals, and staff regularly attend wildlife-oriented events.

“It breaks our hearts that she probably won’t be released,” Yount said. “She was a fighter. She wanted it.

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Turkey vulture hits police helicopter

Bird goes through windshield of Miami-Dade Police Department chopper

MIAMI -

A turkey vulture flew through the windshield of a Miami-Dade Police Department helicopter Tuesday morning, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing.

The 3 pound bird hit the pilot of the Miami-Dade Police Department Eurocopter AS350 in the face, said police. He was flying alone and wearing protective goggles at the time, protecting his eyes, but shards of glass cut his face.

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DEC: A bird, not a bullet, struck Scenic Railroad on Sunday

FORESTPORT, N.Y. (WKTV) - What was originally thought to be a bullet that had struck a window of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad over the weekend has now been determined to be a bird, the Department of Environmental Conservation said on Friday.

Officials with the Adirondack Scenic Railroad said that passengers on board the railroad knew something had happened Sunday afternoon because a window of the train was shattered, but fortunately, no one was hurt.

The train was on its way back to the City of Utica from a leaf-peeping trip up north and the full train had just passed Forestport when it happened. State Police originally said they were looking into whether it was a stray bullet from a hunter or something else.

It turned out to be something else, as on Friday, officials with the DEC said they were called in to assist State Police and determined that it was a bird that had struck the window and shattered it, not a bullet.

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Bird gets caught in engine of American flight

MIAMI (AP) — American Airlines says a bird got caught in the engine of a Chicago-to-Miami flight but that the passenger jet landed safely.

Airline spokesman Matt Miller said late Thursday that the American flight "took a bird strike just prior to landing" at Miami International Airport.

He said an emergency landing was declared on Flight 1388 from Chicago O'Hare International Airport as a precaution and that the Boeing 737 landed safely Thursday evening. The flight had 145 people on board.

In 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in New York after striking a flock of geese.

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