Sunday, July 06, 2025

a train conductor spotted a famous young eagle on the tracks ahead, stopped the train, got out and shooed off the young eagle off the tracks, and carried on



 Ocho, the young eagle who recently fledged the nest at U.S. Steel's Irvin Plant in West Mifflin, was captured on camera sitting right by the tracks, appearing rather undaunted as a train approaches.

Video posted by PixCams, which runs a livestream of the nest, shows the train rolling to a stop as Ocho sticks around. The conductor can be seen getting up, and after a few seconds, Ocho finally takes the hint. Ocho flies off and lands on a nearby wire as the train starts to roll again.

He starts flying at 36 seconds, and lands at 46 seconds


The appropriately-named Ocho is the eighth eaglet to hatch at the U.S. Steel nest. The nest was built along the Monongahela River in 2019, and a wildlife camera has been livestreaming the family since 2021.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/pittsburgh/news/bald-eagle-train-tracks-ocho-us-steel

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