Bald eagle saved by bird group’s ‘brilliant’ rescue in Waukegan

Jim Tibensky of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors guides a bald eagle stranded on ice to shore on Sunday in Waukegan Harbor. (Tamima Itani | Provided)

Jim Tibensky was in the middle of trying to save a bald eagle stranded on a patch of ice in Waukegan Harbor when he realized he had to alter his plan of action.

Tibensky, a volunteer with the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, had kayaked to the middle of the harbor, towing another kayak, intending to put the eagle in it and pull it back to shore.