EAGLES
Episode 2-08 [030]
17 November 1986
MacGyver is at Dead Horse Point Park as part of a Phoenix project to help the endangered golden eagle. His assignment is to locate an eagle's nest and insure its survival. Utilizing a hang glider he is following a pair of eagles back to their nest when he observes a man in a helicopter shoot the female eagle. While MacGyver glides to the downed eagle, the male eagle runs into the helicopter skids and stunned, falls to the top of a nearby mountain. On the ground MacGyver, with the help of Susan Cooper and her son Darin, treats the eagle's wound. The next day MacGyver climbs the mountain to rescue the male eagle. Curry and Ghant, the hunters, arrive at Susan's cabin and take them hostage, hoping to eliminate any witnesses to their crime. MacGyver finds the male eagle, and the two take shelter for the night to weather out a snowstorm. The next day upon returning to the cabin he realizes that Susan and Darin are being held by the criminals. He utilizes items found in Susan's shed to create a diversion and capture the two men. Although the female eagle has died during the ordeal, the male survives. MacGyver follows the male eagle back to its nest and successfully retrieves the eagle eggs. They make an incubator and a few days later see them hatch.
Susan: How did you do that?
MacGyver: Birds of a feather.
