Cool beans! They ARE pirates those eagles!!!! Pete Sar On Sun, Aug 1, 2021, 9:56 AM Candace E. Cornell <cec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That is classic Bald Eagle behavior. Greater Black-backed Gulls will > occasionally do this to Ospreys as well. Bald eagles are kleptoparasitic > when it comes to fish. Eagles are always on the lookout for Osprey fishing. > They'll wait patiently for the Osprey to score, then the eagle hassles the > Osprey, forcing it to relinquish its catch. In-air catches are typical. > Ospreys occasionally put up a fight for the fish and are sometimes killed > by the larger bird. > > Eyes to the sky! > Candace > > > > On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 9:30 AM Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > >> Last Thursday from East Rd at Knox-Marcellus Marsh, Barbara Clise, Mike >> Tetlow & I watched 2 mature Bald Eagles chasing & harassing an Osprey that >> was carrying a fish. >> >> The Osprey tried hard to escape, but eventually the eagles caused it to >> drop the silvery fish. >> Both eagles swooped down after the fish, & just when we thought the fish >> would come to ground, 1 of the eagles caught it in the air! >> >> Donna Scott >> Lansing >> Sent from my iPhone >> -- >> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> >> *Archives:* >> The Mail Archive >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> >> *Please submit your observations to eBird >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* >> -- >> > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
