Indeed, ChickenCheeks!!! Seems the whole friken world is watching life through their phone.
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60’s vintage Alumacraft row boat…
Wait, there’s something else I was supposed to notice?
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Years ago I watched an eagle try to catch a duck swimming on a lake. Every time the eagle swoop down at it the duck dove under the water and resurface about 20 feet away. Each time the eagle would have to fly back up into the sky and prepare for another dive, furiously flapping it’s wings. After about the fifth attempt the eagle was exhausted and it struggled to fly up to a nearby tree branch to rest. The duck resurfaced the final time and swam away like nothing happened.
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Last year I saw a group of eagles devouring a deer roadkill alongside a country road. At first I thought they were buzzards, but then I could clearly see their white heads as I passed close by. I had never seen eagles do that before.
Must have been democrats…
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that Eagle is talon-ted.
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I’ve had to do a double take more than once when I’ve passed by road kill that’s being devoured by both crows and bald eagles at the same time. It’s an amazing sight to see.
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ChickenCheeks
JULY 9, 2021 AT 8:11 AM
“Stunned but ready with the camera!”
…in this case, a good thing, too!
Imagine if a fisherman comes home and starts telling freinds and family that “I hooked this beautiful huge fish and I was gonna bring it home, but an EAGLE stole it!”.
…without honoring “pictures, or it didn’t happen”, most folks would simply dismiss it as the most improbably convenient use of eagles as a storytelling device since the last Lord Of The Rings movie…
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Bald Eagles are opportunists. I’ve seen bald eagles steal fish from Osprey. If you’re ever in Alaska, Juneau specifically, take a ride out to the garbage dump and you’ll see all the bald eagles you care to see scavenging on garbage.
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Goldenfoxx
JULY 9, 2021 AT 9:39 AM
“Bald Eagles are opportunists. I’ve seen bald eagles steal fish from Osprey.”
…serves those Marines right, they shouldn’t be fishing from an Osprey like that anyway, unless they’re using THIS guy to catch “Jaws”…
Have seen that several times over the years of fishing…Never had a camera ready, especially one for movies!
You should see how those birds love to hang out around fish cleaning stations in Alaska, they look like democRATS waiting for a handout!
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A retired wildlife officer who lives next to my cousin drags roadkill up on a hillock behind his home for raptors. Not uncommon to see dozens of bald and golden eagles there on any given day.
The power of eagles is not anything to be taken lightly:
Stunned but ready with the camera!
The best stick on the water
Indeed, ChickenCheeks!!! Seems the whole friken world is watching life through their phone.
60’s vintage Alumacraft row boat…
Wait, there’s something else I was supposed to notice?
Years ago I watched an eagle try to catch a duck swimming on a lake. Every time the eagle swoop down at it the duck dove under the water and resurface about 20 feet away. Each time the eagle would have to fly back up into the sky and prepare for another dive, furiously flapping it’s wings. After about the fifth attempt the eagle was exhausted and it struggled to fly up to a nearby tree branch to rest. The duck resurfaced the final time and swam away like nothing happened.
Last year I saw a group of eagles devouring a deer roadkill alongside a country road. At first I thought they were buzzards, but then I could clearly see their white heads as I passed close by. I had never seen eagles do that before.
Must have been democrats…
that Eagle is talon-ted.
I’ve had to do a double take more than once when I’ve passed by road kill that’s being devoured by both crows and bald eagles at the same time. It’s an amazing sight to see.
ChickenCheeks
JULY 9, 2021 AT 8:11 AM
“Stunned but ready with the camera!”
…in this case, a good thing, too!
Imagine if a fisherman comes home and starts telling freinds and family that “I hooked this beautiful huge fish and I was gonna bring it home, but an EAGLE stole it!”.
…without honoring “pictures, or it didn’t happen”, most folks would simply dismiss it as the most improbably convenient use of eagles as a storytelling device since the last Lord Of The Rings movie…
Bald Eagles are opportunists. I’ve seen bald eagles steal fish from Osprey. If you’re ever in Alaska, Juneau specifically, take a ride out to the garbage dump and you’ll see all the bald eagles you care to see scavenging on garbage.
Goldenfoxx
JULY 9, 2021 AT 9:39 AM
“Bald Eagles are opportunists. I’ve seen bald eagles steal fish from Osprey.”
…serves those Marines right, they shouldn’t be fishing from an Osprey like that anyway, unless they’re using THIS guy to catch “Jaws”…
https://cdn.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/1711/3985746/1000w_q95.jpg
😉
Have seen that several times over the years of fishing…Never had a camera ready, especially one for movies!
You should see how those birds love to hang out around fish cleaning stations in Alaska, they look like democRATS waiting for a handout!
A retired wildlife officer who lives next to my cousin drags roadkill up on a hillock behind his home for raptors. Not uncommon to see dozens of bald and golden eagles there on any given day.
The power of eagles is not anything to be taken lightly:
Hunting wolves with a golden eagle in Mongolia. Kazajstán-Ky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re644qgnCtw
Details emerging in fatal Ovando grizzly bear attack
https://youtu.be/BQ–Skoqtm0
Seen plenty of hawks take out squirrels. Same thing, smaller scale, always amazing to watch – the raptor doesn’t miss a beat.