(CNN) In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew's path through Florida, it may have been the oddest call to 911 operators: a bald eagle had gotten stuck in the grille of a car. 
 
 A posting on the Clay County Sheriff's Office Facebook page Saturday reported the odd emergency request from a driver in the area near Jacksonville. 
 
 Pictures showed the national bird of the United States stuck in the precarious position. 
 
 After his rescue, the eagle was handed over to an animal rehab group. 
 
 Clay County officials said the bird was pulled out and turned over to an organization in nearby Talbot Island, Florida, called B.E.A.K.S. -- Bird Emergency Aid and Kare Santuary 
 
 BEAKS' owner, Cynthia Mosling, told CNN that the eagle appears to be a mature male, at least 7 years old. 
 
 Mosling said that a driver at an intersection noticed an odd shape in an oncoming car's grille. Mosling said the driver thought it was a prop -- but then noticed a head moving. 
 
 The driver then chased down the car, notified the driver that he had a bird stuck in his grille and then called 911, according to Mosling. 
 
 The bird's rescuers named him Matthew, in honor of the storm. 
 
 Matthew is "standing up and alert" and doesn't seem to have any serious injuries, Mosling said. 
 
 Mosling, who evacuated inland this week, says she plans to bring Matthew back to her sanctuary, give him a checkup and will let him go if all is good. ||||| A bald eagle that somehow managed to get wedged in the front grill of a car was freed unharmed after a passing motorist noticed the bird.The Clay County Sheriff's Office says a resident of the Fleming Island area south of Jacksonville noticed the bird peering out of a passing car Saturday as the area recovered from Hurricane Matthew.The resident urged the motorist to pull over and rescue crews were called.The sheriff's department says rescue personnel and deputies were able to work the bird free from the car.It was taken to a wildlife sanctuary in Jacksonville but authorities say the eagle appears to be unharmed.Photos posted of the eagle on the sheriff's office Facebook page show it standing on two feet in a cage.
– The Clay County Sheriff's Office in northern Florida has been busy in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, but one emergency call over the weekend has gotten more attention than the rest: a bald eagle stuck in the grille of a car. Local police and fire and rescue were able to remove the bird without incident and turn it over to the nearby Bird Emergency Aid and Kare Sanctuary, whose owner, Cynthia Mosling, says the 7-year-old male will be released if all looks good post-checkup, reports CNN. He's been dubbed Matthew, after the storm. Mosling, who herself had evacuated inland earlier in the week, says a driver saw a weird shape at an intersection in the grille of an oncoming car, but then noticed that it was moving and chased after the car. After telling the driver there was a bird in his grille, they called 911. Rescuers think the eagle likely flew into the parked car's grille while chasing prey, reports 6 ABC. The sheriff's office says "great job by all involved" in a Facebook post that includes several photos of the rescue. (After post-WWII pesticides sent bald eagles to the brink of extinction, one might have been born in Manhattan for the first time in a century.)