An animal control officer for the Stafford County Sheriff’s office had a unique rescue experience this week on Driftwood Lane in Stafford.
Animal Control Officer Anthony McCall was dispatched to a home in the Widewater district, to investigate reports that an American bald eagle was seen on a pier.
According to McCall’s report, he arrived on scene and met with the caller, who showed him the area where he saw the eagle, saying that it had swum out to a tree.
McCall continued along the bank near the Potomac River, before sighting the eagle – which ran back into the water while he pursued it.
The officer was able to help catch the eagle, and bring it back away from the bank.
Bringing it back to the home of the caller, the officer was able to show them the eagle.
“The [caller’s] small child wanted to name the eagle ‘Steve’ and I advised them that the eagle would be taken by the Game Warden and taken to a rehabilitator,” said McCall in a report.
McCall then put the eagle in the custody of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, where it will receive medical care.
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