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Eagle hit by train feared dead
By Rick Steelhammer, The Charleston Gazette
A male bald eagle believed to be half of the only confirmed nesting pair of its species in Southern West Virginia is missing and presumed dead after it was reportedly struck by an Amtrak passenger train making its way through the New River Gorge on Sunday.

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Eagle hit by train feared dead
By Rick Steelhammer, The Charleston Gazette
A male bald eagle believed to be half of the only confirmed nesting pair of its species in Southern West Virginia is missing and presumed dead after it was reportedly struck by an Amtrak passenger train making its way through the New River Gorge on Sunday.

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