In the footage, the officer moves carefully toward the grounded eagle after being called by residents who reported the raptor's injuries.

What a bird brain! The beloved Southern California bald eagle whose partner was wounded in a brutal attack by two other eagles in Big Bear Lake was spotted spending time with another bird — while his baby mama is still in the hospital recuperating.

As experts work to give Jackie the care she needs, her family protects the nest and her mate Shadow continues to care for their children.

The contentious lakeside spot had been threatened with development for years.

For about seven months out of the year, a bald eagle couple returns to their intricately woven nest in St. Petersburg, high up in a slash pine not far from Lake Maggiore. Over the past two years, the mated pair have fledged four eaglets in that nest.