Update: 100th Banded Eagle dies

A statement from the Institute for Wildlife Studies (IWS), which is in charge of the bald eagle program and was doing the banding. Here is the statement from IWS:

A statement from the Institute for Wildlife Studies (IWS), which is in charge of the bald eagle program and was doing the banding. Here is the statement from IWS:
We are sorry to report the bald eagle chick on the West End of Catalina Island died shortly after biologists retrieved the bird from the nest to be banded. The bird was not showing any signs of stress when it hung its head and died while being held by Dr. Sharpe. This is the only death that has ever occurred during hundreds of nest visits and bird bandings.
Sometimes there are preexisting congenital problems that can pre-dispose animals to this type of outcome. Biologists will have the bird necropsied in an attempt to determine the cause of death.