Game warden Tim Gholson said someone saw the injured bird alongside the Natchez Trace Parkway and called him.
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A bald eagle was released near Bay Springs Lake in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, on Saturday after being treated for an injury sustained from a car incident.
Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation, a nonprofit group, took the bird after Gholson captured it, nicknaming it Natchez for where it was found. The group treated the eagle for a bruised shoulder for six weeks, said Executive Director Debra Crum.
"It consisted of limited flight, and then you work up to physical therapy," Crum said. "Just as a human would if they ever hurt their shoulder."
After being released, the eagle took flight towards a nearby branch overlooking the lake.