Two bald eagles needed to be untangled in Tinley Park over the weekend.
A call to the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors Hotline on Saturday reported two eagles laying on the ground after crashing into a house in the South suburban village.
CBCM volunteer John was called in to help, saying at first, he was skeptical.
"We get a lot of calls for eagles that turn out not to be eagles," he said. "But it turned out it was actually two, full-grown adult bald eagles tangled together on the ground in someone's backyard."
John suspects the two eagles were fighting when they became entangled, adding, "Sometimes they get so wrapped up fighting that they just crash to the ground."
While handling the birds, one got loose and flew away on its own.
The second eagle was taken to the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center, where it received a clean bill of health and was released back into the wild.
Chicago Bird Collision Monitors is a volunteer conservation project dedicated to the protection of migratory birds, with director Annette Prince saying the area has a growing population of eagles.
"We see them in Oak Brook, we see them down in the Palos-area, south of the city, but a lot of people are spotting bald eagles throughout the region."