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Eagle Snatches Child!

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Death from above.

We "lose" a lot of cats, dogs and chickens around here.
Between the coyotes, raccoons, bears, cougars and eagles, its not safe to be small or slow.
 
I saw a bald eagle pick up a 5 or 6 pound salmon when I lived north of Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island in Hot Springs Cove. The people there used to throw out fish they thought were farm fish, something to do with the anal fin. The eagle picked the salmon up out of the water and tried to make it to shore but kept sinking lower and lower. I kept expecting it to drop the salmon but it didn't. It made it to about 10 or 20 feet from shore and went into the water with the fish. Was something else to see the eagle struggling to make it to shore. I thought for sure it would have lost the fish but no it hadn't let go of it's prize. It dragged that salmon on shore and had a well deserved feast lol.
 
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Maybe a Hawk would try and carry the kid away...A Eagle would probably just have dinner right there.
 
When my dog was a pup I used to take her to an off-leash park in the Seattle area. There were a couple of bald eagles nesting in the area, and I used to wonder if I needed to keep an eye out. Needless, but being a new dog owner, I was a worry-wart.

It's good to know that video has been thoroughly debunked. I'd like to see the NYdailynews debunking link spread as widely as the video to keep people from freakin' out.
 
diamondsouled said:
I saw a bald eagle pick up a 5 or 6 pound salmon when I lived north of Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island in Hot Springs Cove. The people there used to throw out fish they thought were farm fish, something to do with the anal fin. The eagle picked the salmon up out of the water and tried to make it to shore but kept sinking lower and lower. I kept expecting it to drop the salmon but it didn't. It made it to about 5 or 10 feet from shore and went into the water with the fish. Was something else to see the eagle struggling to make it to shore. I thought for sure it would have lost the fish but no it hadn't let go of it's prize. It dragged that salmon on shore and had a well deserved feast lol.
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I saw that video too. It's amazing what some people are lucky enough to catch for posterity (luck sometimes meaning they do it for a living and wait months/years to see something like that :) )
 
robgmn said:
I saw that video too. It's amazing what some people are lucky enough to catch for posterity (luck sometimes meaning they do it for a living and wait months/years to see something like that :) )
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Actually wasn't a video it was live. :D

During herring spawning it was amazing to see hundreds and hundreds of bald eagles lined up on every other tree along the cove, pigging out and resting after pigging out. Tried the raw herring roe myself and it was something like squid or octopus. Not much flavor and rubbery. The Hesquiot people in Hot Springs Cove would use hemlock branches with a rock on one end and a plastic bottle on the other end as a float. Leave it in the water over nite and the branch would be covered in herring roe, yum.
 
You haven't lived until you see a Golden Eagle kill and haul off a Pronghorn antelope fawn. go North of Laramie, Wyoming and keep an eye out and you might just see this.
 
I have always admired the ability of a raptor to take prey from the ground, water and air.

Many years ago when I was working for my Dad building houses we had a build on a local lake. I never was able to spot the nest but near by was a pair of bald eagles. I routinely watched them drag really big fish out of the lake. When the water got cold and the fish went deeper the eagles changed over to taking other birds. I saw many a dove become dinner in a puff of feathers mid flight.

Not too long ago I was sitting on my back porch enjoying a cool fall evening, a nice toddy and a smoke. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted a squirrel crossing my back yard. Not an uncommon occurance at all. About the time I turned my head to look at him he stood up. In that moment a very large owl swooped through and the next thing I knew the squirrel was just gone.

One of the many times of my life when I've wished I had a video camera running. Predators and prey. That's the way it works. Always has and always will.
 
I've seen a few bald eagles, but I have seen a ton of hawks and owls over my years wandering the woods, and they always amaze me with their flying skills.
 
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