The Pennsylvania Game Commission is investigating the deaths of two mature bald eagles found along Route 372 in Bart Township.
A nearby landowner driving on the road spotted the freshly killed eagle carcasses Wednesday. The man called a taxidermist, who contacted the Game Commission.
Dennis Warfel, wildlife conservation officer for southern Lancaster County, said the eagles have been delivered to the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center diagnostic laboratory to determine if they were shot, poisoned or struck by a vehicle.
The eagles were found on the side of the road next to a utility pole near the intersection with Vintage Road, which is close to where Bart and Sadsbury townships meet.
One of the eagles had a broken wing, but the other did not have any apparent trauma, Warfel said.
Warfel called the discovery of two eagles side by side "curious." He said it's possible the birds of prey could have been struck by a vehicle if they had been fighting or been close together during a mating ritual.
Anyone with information about the eagles is asked to contact Warfel by calling the Game Commission's Southeast Regional Office at (610) 926-3136.