Two bald eagles in two weeks have died after they were illegally shot in Wisconsin.

The state Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are investigating the shootings.

Marge Gibson, director of the Raptor Education Group Inc. in Antigo, said she couldn’t release many specific details about the shootings because of the ongoing investigation. But she said she picked up one of the eagles on Feb. 17, and admitted another only a few days before that.

“This is a bird who was very large and incredibly powerful and very well-conditioned,” Gibson said. “She was not in poor weight or anything like that. This was a bird that was meant to breed this year, and had probably already started that process.”