A bald eagle initially thought to be injured because it couldn’t fly was found to be healthy after wildlife officials determined the bird was just "too fat" after feasting on roadkill.

The bald eagle was found along the boundary of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, said officials at the park, which is part of the U.S. National Park Service. 

After the Missouri Department of Conservation captured the bird for rehabilitation, wildlife officials determined the bird was fine when X-ray tests showed the real reason why the eagle couldn’t fly.

"The bird, originally reported to be injured, was found to be healthy but engorged with raccoon – in other words, too fat to fly," officials said in a post on social media.

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The X-rays taken at the Dickerson Park Zoo show the outline of what wildlife officials suspect is raccoon roadkill inside the eagle's stomach. 

The agency released a photo that shows what appears to be a raccoon paw in the bird’s stomach, and a second photo showing the predator’s distended stomach.

While fish comprise about 70% to 90% of an eagle's diet, the bird "will feed on what is most available, and requiring the least amount of energy to acquire it," according to the American Bald Eagle Foundation.

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Wildlife officials later released the eagle near where it was found in the park in compliance with federal and state laws.

Wilson’s Creek was the site of the second major battle of the Civil War, and the first significant confrontation west of the Mississippi River, according to a description on the NPS website.

U.S. Army officer Nathaniel Lyon was killed during the battle, becoming the first Union general to be killed during the war.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered new details about his conversations with former president Trump in his first interview since dropping out of the race and endorsing him on Sunday.

Kennedy made the statement during an exclusive interview on "Fox News Sunday" with host Shannon Bream. He argued that his campaign had failed to gain ground due to "censorship" by the media.

"It became clear to me that I did not have a path to victory," Kennedy said. "Sixteen months of censorship, of not being able to get on any network really except for Fox."

"When Ross Perot ran, in the 10 months that he ran he had 34 appearances on the networks. I had two appearances in 16 months, so I was blocked out of the networks and I was blocked out of the debate. I had no path to victory."

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He went on to say that Trump had been "reaching out" to his campaign periodically, saying they had even spoken just "a few hours" after the assassination attempt against Trump in July.

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"He invited me to form a unity government. We agreed that we'd be able to continue to criticize each other on the issues where we don't agree, but these issues are so important and they're a way of unifying the country," Kennedy said, referencing his top issues of ending the Ukraine war, preventing censorship and promoting children's health.

Kennedy officially announced his withdrawal from the presidential race late last week. At a press conference in Phoenix, Ariz., Kennedy accused the Democratic Party of waging "continual legal warfare against both President Trump and myself," and running "a sham" Democratic primary election that he said preventing him from having a fair shot at the White House.

Following his announcement, political analysts and data experts have been debating the effect of Kennedy dropping out of the race on the campaign battle between Trump and Vice President Harris.

CNN host Erin Burnett cited a recent New York Times/Siena College poll showing Kennedy with 6% support in Arizona and Nevada and 5% in Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania in a segment on Friday. 

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Kennedy's recent alliance with Trump has sparked speculation as to his possible role in a Trump administration, should the former president prevail in November.

Kennedy, the nephew of President John F. Kennedy and son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, both of whom were assassinated, initially launched his presidential bid as a Democrat in a primary challenge to President Biden. But later he sought an independent run after being pushed out by the party.

Kennedy's endorsement of Trump threw a wrench in the news cycle that was previously dominated by Harris, who officially accepted the Democratic nomination at the DNC convention in Chicago just one month after Biden withdrew from the race.

Fox News' Jeffrey Clark contributed to this report