Re: [Paddlewise] Eagle Diet

From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 18:02:57 -0800
David Seng wrote:
> 
> A couple of weeks ago whilst out on a paddle in our local waters I
> actually was treated with the opportunity of watching a bald eagle grab a
> Barrow's Goldeneye (that's a kind of duck for the non-birders in the group)
> right off the water.

As Karen Hancock says, duck on the water is good eagle food.  The balds nail
sitting mallards regularly down here.  Spectacular!  But not nice.  Kinda
reminds me of the seal-on-the-beach for orca lunch footage I've seen.  "Balance"
of nature?  Think it's more like eat or be eaten!

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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