RE: [Paddlewise] Air-to-Air

> Can you describe what you saw the eagles doing? You may have been lucky
> enough to witness some aerial courtship in which the eagles descend in
> series of somersaults and sometimes lock talons. It's quite spectacular.
> Karen

Snip

>
> > hi,
> > today in lower Delaware two mature bald eagles were doing air-to-air
> combat.
> > i think that many of them are returning to the area for the winter. were
> > they establishing territory, or was something else going on?

I've read that in Nov-Dec the "resident" pairs mate. This probably is what
Larry saw. I think they lay their eggs in February if I remember correctly.

Woody


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