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One of the oldest bald eagles ever recorded just crashed through a man’s window

At first, the eagle lay motionless. And then… (Photo: Reed Moulton)
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Every year, as many as a billion birds meet their end with a thump. Too often, even the most eagle-eyed flyers can’t fathom the concept of glass. And windows — in office towers, shops and homes — shrug them off with fatal indifference.

Only the bird that met the window at Reed Moulton’s house in Jackson, Wyoming, wasn’t much for being shrugged off. The bald eagle crashed right through a double-paned window earlier this week, according to a press release sent to MNN…