[Rhodes22-list] Bald Eagles!

[Rik Sandberg]

Paul,

Don't know for sure about the scavenger thing, but I have NEVER seen an 
eagle competing with the crows for a piece of road kill. I have many times 
seen them hunt down fresh (live) prey though. Maybe they will scavenge if 
they get hungry enough. Don't know.

Rik


At 08:35 AM 2/5/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Roger,
>
>      Very interesting message.  Thanks for sharing.  Carol & I took an
>Alaska cruise a couple of years ago where there is a plethora of bald
>eagles.  When we were in Ketchikan we visited a sanctuary where they take
>in injured eagles and nurse them back to health.  There we were told that
>bald eagles are actually scavengers and avoid hunting live prey if
>possible.  Now I'm confused.  Do you have any thoughts on this?
>
>Paul
> >
> >Roger,
> >
> >Eagles are pretty amazing creatures. We have quite a few of them around
> >here, so we get to watch them in action quite regularly. It really sucks to
> >be the duck, or whatever they've decided is for lunch though. Their aim is
> >pretty deadly. Many times we have watched eagles swoop down and pluck fish
> >right out of the water and never get more than their feet wet. It's good to
> >see they're coming back after a close call with extinction.
> >
> >Rik
> >
> >
> >At 04:36 PM 2/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >>Hi Everybody,
> >>
> >>I was sitting here at my computer working on some internet job searches
> >>when I looked out my window just in time to see a mature male bald eagle
> >>land in the tree right above my dock!  I couldn't believe my eyes.  I've
> >>lived on Sanford Lake since 1977 & have never seen a bald eagle here until
> >>now.  I jumped up to go get my 35 mm camera.  I got back just in time to
> >>see a female bald eagle join this male (a nesting pair perhaps?!?).  The
> >>female eagle didn't land in the tree.  Instead, she began diving on a
> >>flock of about 12 bufflehead ducks, which were in the water feeding on the
> >>sandbar about 100 yards off our beach.  The male eagle joined her & you
> >>should have seen the ducks scatter in all directions!  My 35 mm camera
> >>takes several seconds to boot up from a cold start.  By the time the
> >>camera was ready to shoot, the action had moved off down the lake out of
> >>range.  I went out on our deck with my binoculars & saw both eagles snare
> >>ducks in their talons in mid flight!  They both flew off with a duck in
> >>their talons in same southerly direction down the lake!  It was totally 
> cool.
> >>
> >>Roger Pihlaja
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