Heavy rains damaged an eagle's nest at the Millennium Trail pullout on Robert Service Way, causing two baby eagles to fall out of their nest last Thursday.

'There was a horrendous amount of rain it made the nest slide,' Dennis Senger, the spokesman for the Department of Environment, said today.

Fortunately for the eaglets, some plants broke their 10-metre (33-foot) fall and they weren't hurt, he added.

A local resident saw the eaglets on the ground at around 5 p.m. and called the City of Whitehorse. At 6:45 p.m., a bylaw officer called in conservation officer Tony Grabowski.

After assessing the situation, Grabowski called Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. for a bucket truck so a crew could repair the nest and replace the eaglets.

Yukon Electrical serviceman Richard Zebruck arrived with the service truck at around 8 p.m. to see if he could do anything to help.

Zebruck called in Yukon Electrical's biggest bucket truck and worked with fellow serviceman Brett Peters and Tony Badry to help conservation officers repair the nest.

The five-man impromptu rescue team worked out a plan to stabilize the nest with wire and some extra sticks. After the crew worked on the nest for about an hour, the eaglets were brought up and placed inside.

'It's a little different from what we do during the day,' said Badry, referring to the rescue. 'It's nice to be able to help out.'

Mama and Papa eagle circled the nest while the team completed their work but didn't cause any trouble to the repair team, said Senger.

Spectators on the ground cheered and clapped once the eagles were home.

'The adults came back and by Friday morning, it was all back to normal,' he said.

'(That nest) is probably the number one tourist attraction in Whitehorse.'

Yukon Electrical didn't charge for the ladder truck and servicemen, said senior serviceman Richard Kerr. He said they acted out of good will to the community and the eagles.

Senger hopes the nest will be secure until the eagles are ready to leave it.

Eagle watchers have noticed the eaglets standing on the edge of the nest, seeming to anticipate the day.