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| Thirteen bald eagles found dead on Maryland farm | Thirteen bald eagles found dead on Maryland farm |
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| Thirteen bald eagles were found dead over the weekend near a farm on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. | Thirteen bald eagles were found dead over the weekend near a farm on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. |
| Officials with the Maryland Natural Resources Police said they received a call about 2:30 p.m. Saturday from a man who said he was out looking for antlers that deer might have shed and came across what he initially thought was a dead turkey in a field on a farm in Caroline County. But he discovered it was actually four dead bald eagles. | Officials with the Maryland Natural Resources Police said they received a call about 2:30 p.m. Saturday from a man who said he was out looking for antlers that deer might have shed and came across what he initially thought was a dead turkey in a field on a farm in Caroline County. But he discovered it was actually four dead bald eagles. |
| When officers arrived, they found nine additional dead bald eagles in the field on Laurel Grove Road in Federalsburg. | When officers arrived, they found nine additional dead bald eagles in the field on Laurel Grove Road in Federalsburg. |
| It was not immediately clear what had caused the birds to die. | It was not immediately clear what had caused the birds to die. |
| [Watch live: ‘Mr. President’ and ‘The First Lady’ nest at National Arboretum] | [Watch live: ‘Mr. President’ and ‘The First Lady’ nest at National Arboretum] |
| Candy Thomson, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Natural Resources Police, said the birds were tagged and the scene was photographed. She said the incident is being turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which will serve as the lead agency for the investigation. That department said it is investigating but gave no further details. | |
| The Baltimore Sun was among the first news outlets to report on the incident. | The Baltimore Sun was among the first news outlets to report on the incident. |
| Bald eagles are no longer on the endangered species list, but they are considered a protected species, according to the Natural Resources Police. | Bald eagles are no longer on the endangered species list, but they are considered a protected species, according to the Natural Resources Police. |