Young Eagle Takes After Beach Goers, Footballs

New Hampshire state and town officials tried for a second day to capture a young bald eagle that has taken up residence at Hampton Beach, terrorizing people and hunting flying footballs.

The eagle, America’s national symbol, apparently was released from a federal preserve in Massachusetts over the weekend, a New Hampshire parks official said.

“It’s just been going from rooftop to rooftop or nesting on chimneys in the southern end of the beach,” said Kevin Rafferty of the New Hampshire State Park Patrol. “It has gone after a few footballs in the air and a young girl when she went to pick up a football. Guess it thinks the footballs are a tasty morsel.”