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Monday, March 30. 2009

Eagle Wars

The Bald Eagle is technically a fish-hawk - never far from water, especially big water - and his favorite way of hunting is stealing fish from Ospreys. However, he likes to catch ducks too. This photo from a series of photos of two eagles fighting over a diving duck on Lake Tapps, a man-made lake in Washington State.



 

Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 05:00 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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That is Lake Tapps. But nice that you've noticed our soggy little part of the world.
#1 Skookumchuk on 2009-03-30 08:49 (Reply)
BD, why impune the Bald's character?

Certainly, Bald may recieve permission from Osprey who willingly surrender their fish, after some short discussion.
#2 Leag on 2009-03-30 11:20 (Reply)
How far away from large bodies of water is their typical range? Do they fly over big mountains in search of today's appetizer? Got one who really wants a bit of little dog!
#3 apple pie on 2009-03-30 13:13 (Reply)
Not very far from oceans or rivers at all, at least not in the PNW. But those rivers can be quite a ways inland - in Washington both baldies and ospreys are as far east as the Blue Mountains and the Okanogan.

That would be Okanagan for the Canuckians amongst us.
#3.1 Skookumchuk on 2009-03-30 13:34 (Reply)
And, along the rivers of MT!
#4 apple pie on 2009-03-30 14:58 (Reply)

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