This is one lucky little stray dog, who I'm sure wasn't feeling lucky when a bird of prey picked her up.   The bird apparently dropped his "prey" and this stray poodle was lucky to fall to earth on the grounds of a Sechelt, B.C., nursing home, where it was eventually rescued, the SPCA says.   Being captured by the bird likely saved her life.

The six-year-old toy poodle, dubbed "Miracle May," suffered talon gouges on its back and several broken ribs in the ordeal, said Shannon Broderick of the Sunshine Coast SPCA.

The dog has to undergo surgery but is expected to survive — which she might not have if she hadn't gone through the aerial ordeal, said Broderick.  She said the dog was most likely a stray, and had obviously been neglected for some time before it was plucked from the ground and ended up on the grounds of the Shorncliff Nursing Home, where nurses found her.

Eagles are common in the Sunshine Coast area of B.C., where Sechelt is located, about 40 kilometres northwest of Vancouver.

The SPCA is trying to raise money for the care of May, who still needs extensive dental work.