The Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo says the bird was brought in Wednesday with a soft-tissue injury to her left foot. Raptor Center Director Diana Miller says Friday the eagle is feeling much better.
Miller says the center treats six to 10 injured eagles a year.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Bill Vogrin says fish and game officer Benjamin Meier found the injured eagle on the ground beside a southern Colorado highway in a rainstorm Tuesday night.
Vogrin says a traffic accident had occurred nearby, but it wasn’t clear if that’s how the bird was hurt.