UPDATE:
Look for a story on the eagle attacks in tomorrow's paper. Meantime, here's a few photos of the aftermath from Unalaska:
“There’s something wrong with that particular bird," says Allana Gustafson of Unalaska. She says this is likely the eagle that attacked her last month outside the Dutch Harbor post office. (Gustafson sent all these photos except the last one.)
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A sign in the post office window.
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When Gustafson was walking a mail cart back to the post office, the eagle swooped. She heard its wings beat three times like heavy breathing. This cut was small but deep. No stitches needed, she said.
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And here's a pic today from Unalaska police Sgt. Matt Betzen. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provided these signs for areas around town known for aggressive, nesting eagles.
Watch your head in Dutch Harbor, where people reported a pair of eagle attacks over the past couple of weeks.
This today from the Unalaska police blotter:
-- June 29, 3:25 p.m. Public Safety: A woman collecting her mail at the Dutch Harbor Post Office received minor scratches on her head after she was attacked by one of a pair of nesting Bald Eagles.
-- July 2, 9:38 a.m. Animal: A pedestrian reported she was the subject of repeated dive-bombing attacks by an eagle but had received no injuries.
-- July 2, 3:33 p.m. Assistance Rendered: US Fish and Wildlife Service representative called regarding recent incidences of nesting eagles attacking people near their nest sites. No definitive course of action was determined but notices were put out to the public regarding the issue.
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