A Villager helped rescue an eaglet found in the backyard of a residence in the Village of Hammock at Fenney.
Sam Boatman, a well-known photographer in The Villages, got a call from a resident in the Village of Hammock at Fenney on Sunday morning. A bald eaglet had been sighted in a backyard, and based on the location, Boatman knew it had to have been from a nest he had been photographing for months.
So, he called Heidi Gaumet of the Leesburg Humane Society, who said she could be there within an hour. When Boatman got there, residents pointed out the baby eagle. Gaumet then arrived with her equipment and soon safely captured the bird.
Gaumet transported the bird to a facility, where it will be temporarily quarantined while medical tests are done. Then the beautiful bird will be released into the wild.