Montgomery County Resident Offers $1,000 Reward through NRP for Leads in Bald Eagle Shootings A Montgomery County resident disturbed by the killing of a bald eagle near his home on Christmas Day is offering a $1,000 reward through the Maryland Natural Resources Police for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter. The citizen, who has asked to remain anonymous, said he saw his first bald eagle in Montgomery County soaring over the Patuxent River the day before one was found dead in a field in Brookeville. “I went home, got my camera and got some wonderful pictures,” the resident wrote in a letter to NRP. “I hope it wasn’t the one killed.” X-rays showed the bird was shot with a rifle. It had been feeding on a deer carcass in a field that adjoins Georgia Avenue and Bordly Drive. A second eagle was shot three days later ─ on December 28 ─ near a residence on Deakins Lane in Darnestown. The bird was alive but later died of its injuries. An x-ray showed it had been hit by bird shot. NRP investigators are following up on leads in both cases. Anyone with information on the Brookeville shooting […]
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