'Tangled' eagles stop traffic on Route 101 in Bedford | New Hampshire NEWS
BEDFORD — A pair of bald eagles stopped traffic on Route 101 Sunday morning for an hour.
“It looked like one was protecting the other, or, as people have suggested, they were mating,” New Hampshire State Trooper Stephanie Clarke said.
Clarke was heading out on patrol about 6:30 a.m. when she came across two cars stopped in the eastbound lane of the highway, near the Everett Turnpike.
“There were two cars stopped in the middle of the road, in what looked like an accident,” she said.
The cars were stopped because a pair of eagles were tangled together in the road. The drivers were trying to protect the birds, keeping them from going into the high-speed lane, Clarke said.
The birds appeared agitated and skittish, Clarke said. When anything moved near them, they would make for the high-speed lane, she said.
Clarke said she tried to keep the birds safe and keep other drivers from getting into an accident while she waited for Fish and Game officers to arrive. The birds did not appear injured, she said.
“It looked like they were tangled up together,” she said. “To be honest, I'm not a bird specialist.”
Before Fish and Game officers could respond, the birds disengaged from each other and took flight.
“It was a pretty amazing spectacle to watch,” Clarke said.
The birds seemed to head out in the same direction, as through to a shared nest, she said.
Any other day of the week, when traffic is heavier, the birds on the highway could have caused accidents, she said.
“Something bad could have happened,” Clarke said.
“It looked like one was protecting the other, or, as people have suggested, they were mating,” New Hampshire State Trooper Stephanie Clarke said.
“There were two cars stopped in the middle of the road, in what looked like an accident,” she said.
The cars were stopped because a pair of eagles were tangled together in the road. The drivers were trying to protect the birds, keeping them from going into the high-speed lane, Clarke said.
The birds appeared agitated and skittish, Clarke said. When anything moved near them, they would make for the high-speed lane, she said.
Clarke said she tried to keep the birds safe and keep other drivers from getting into an accident while she waited for Fish and Game officers to arrive. The birds did not appear injured, she said.
“It looked like they were tangled up together,” she said. “To be honest, I'm not a bird specialist.”
Before Fish and Game officers could respond, the birds disengaged from each other and took flight.
“It was a pretty amazing spectacle to watch,” Clarke said.
The birds seemed to head out in the same direction, as through to a shared nest, she said.
Any other day of the week, when traffic is heavier, the birds on the highway could have caused accidents, she said.
“Something bad could have happened,” Clarke said.
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