I just posted photos from this "Fish Story" on Cayuga Bird Club Facebook page.
A local man who does work for me was driving in his large pick up truck down Lansing Station Rd. Lansing, near Cayuga Lake, a couple hours ago. All of a sudden a "huge, dark bird with big, broad wings" was flying very low towards him & the truck, with a fish in its talons; it dropped the fish on the road and swooped up and away. Josh phoned me, and I went there. The fish is a fresh Pike about 1 lb., a little over a foot long. We thought the bird might have been an immature Bald Eagle and we guessed that the bird felt it could not gain altitude quickly enough to avoid hitting the truck, so it dropped the fish in the road and flew away. Josh remembered that the bird was flying very low under tree branches that hang over the road, so it was low enough that it could have hit the top of the truck. It might just have come up from the lake with its catch. Earlier I saw 3 T. Vultures circling over my house. Maybe they will find the Pike which we left in the grass by the side of the road. Donna L. Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY 14882 [email protected] -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
