A GOLDEN EAGLE
carry off a trap could not carry off sS lamb. When the foot was free, and as far as we could judge not damaged, my husband held the eagle up and released its wings. The • great creature then spread these immense wings and flew off and let the poor leg hang, but after flying a few yards it drew up the leg and tucked it in as it had- done the other. • ' . . It flew on up the-hillside. a_ little and settled to take stock and decide on its next move —probably to find a good square meal. The bird was a male* about four years old.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23073, 25 June 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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109A GOLDEN EAGLE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23073, 25 June 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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