To say that Campbell River, British Columbia, the Chelsea Chiba woman is an Eagle fan, would be an understatement. She loves to photograph majestic birds.
“All the time,” she told CTV News on Friday. – I even took a few selfies with an eagle.
Pictured is Chelsea Chiba. (CTV news)
But just a few days ago, a photo shoot with one of the birds of prey ended badly.
“I just took a few pictures and then I started moving away, and after what you know, the eagle bombed me and hit me right in the back of the head,” Chiba said.
“Then I felt the back of my head, I looked at my hand and it was quite covered in blood,” she said.
Chiba says the eagle attacked her not once but twice.
A wound caused by an eagle is depicted. (CTV news)
‘She looked scared’
Cheeba ran to the nearby TD Bank, where another woman saw what was happening.
“Well, she was running, sweating,” said Natisha Fournier.
“I asked her if she was okay just because she looked scared, and then when she turned around I saw blood on the back of her neck,” she said.
Fournier threw the wounded Chiba into her car and then took her to a nearby store, where Fournier grabbed first aid supplies.
“I just say to myself, ‘Come with me.’ I’ll get you an ambulance, “Fournier said.
“It was scary, but then I started laughing about it,” added Cheeba.
Pictured is Natisha Fournier. (CTV news)
Fournier says she was glad she was in the right place at the right time to help Chiba, who eventually went to the hospital for a check-up and a tetanus vaccine.
Cheeba was out the next day and spotted eagles. However, she says she can avoid taking pictures of this particular robber again
“I’m probably tired of filming it,” she joked.
NEST PROTECTION
Experts from the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS) in Merville, British Columbia, have another theory.
“He probably defended the nest, so he didn’t hunt, he just protected his young,” said Gil Andersen, wildlife rehabilitation manager at MARS.
“The Eagles could do a lot of damage if they wanted to, so he was probably just trying to scare her,” Andersen added.
“We see this very often in other species of birds, such as crows or crows, even songbirds.
Cheeba says it will keep a closer eye on its photography in the future.
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