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Amtrak train kills bald eagle eating dead deer on tracks near Aberdeen
The Baltimore Sun ^
| 02/04/2011
| The Associated Press
Posted on 02/04/2011 11:34:00 AM PST by speciallybland
A bald eagle was killed by a train Thursday morning while enjoying breakfast on a stretch of tracks near Abderdeen, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Craig Koppie, an eagle coordinator with the federal agency, said the rare encounter happened in a flash. The bird was eating a deer carcass about 8:30 a.m. as an Amtrak train headed to Washington approached. An engineer spotted the bird and blasted his horn, but the eagle took off too slowly and was hit.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: amtrak; baldeagle; baldeagles; deer; eagle; eagles; train; trains
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To: speciallybland
Meanwhile, the Middle East burns and our economy still sucks. Thank you, Baltimore Sun (aka BS).
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:35:57 AM PST
by
tgusa
(Investment plan: blued steel, brass, lead, copper)
To: speciallybland
To: speciallybland
Gov’t run Amtrak kills the symbol of liberty — how appropriate!
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:36:58 AM PST
by
Squidster
To: speciallybland; Willie Green
All your eagles are belong to Willie Green.
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:37:10 AM PST
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
To: speciallybland
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:37:44 AM PST
by
Jolla
To: speciallybland
What a metaphor. Especially after Obama’s State of the Union where he mentioned building high-speed trains to make America great again.
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:38:16 AM PST
by
21twelve
( You can go from boom to bust, from dreams to a bowl of dust ... another lost generation.)
To: Squidster
The eagle has landed
All over the windshield
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:38:31 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
To: speciallybland
Trains should be outlawed to prevent death to protected species!
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:38:31 AM PST
by
moovova
(Don't let Obama spoil the word "hope" for you...)
To: speciallybland
Probably more like brunch. Breakfast is served at O-dark-thirty.
/johnny
To: speciallybland
Call out the environmental grief counselors, pronto!
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:40:26 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: speciallybland
>>> ... but the eagle took off too slowly and was hit.
So, in other words, it is the bald eagle’s own fault.
Got it.
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:40:44 AM PST
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
“Abderdeen?”
Yes. It’s just past Harve De Grace.
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:40:44 AM PST
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: speciallybland
Joe “Amtrak” Biden’s fault...
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:40:56 AM PST
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: Squidster
“Gov’t run Amtrak kills the symbol of liberty — how appropriate!”
Symbol of liberty feeding on carrion ...
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:40:56 AM PST
by
FroggyTheGremlim
(My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.)
To: speciallybland
Give the feathers to the Indians, I bet the engineer didnt even make an effort to steer around the Eagle.
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:41:26 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: speciallybland
Will there be a fine or a waiver?
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:41:44 AM PST
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona.....)
To: Jolla
Time to outlaw trains. When trains are outlawed,only outlaws will have trains.
To: speciallybland
The psychotic mind of the liberal believes this kind of political symbol has influence on what happens in the real world.
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:43:37 AM PST
by
reasonisfaith
(Relativism is the intellectual death knell of progressive ideology.)
To: speciallybland
Anyone get the ‘trains” side of the story? Good grief the hugh-man-ne-tee!
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posted on
02/04/2011 11:44:11 AM PST
by
ColdOne
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