Overview
- The chick is bright and alert Tuesday with a strong appetite, the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia said.
- The two-week-old eaglet, which swallowed a fishing hook during Saturday's livestream, was removed from the U.S. Steel nest for care.
- After fast federal, state, and landowner approvals, arborists with Northwood Tree Care retrieved the bird and rushed it to Morgantown, West Virginia.
- Veterinarian Dr. Jesse Fallon could not remove the hook by endoscopy, so surgery took out the hook, synthetic bait, and fishing line lodged deep in the digestive tract.
- Rehabilitators say the bird is gaining weight and could return next week, and they urged anglers to pack out lines and hooks after viewers on the nest cam enabled the rescue.