This afternoon, at approx. 1:15 PM, Dick Berlanger & I had the above as it flew north over the lower Carman's River, near the office bldg. Upon seeing it, Dick said it was the same bird he had yesterday on the Upper Carman's, at Southaven Co. Pk., near the boat rental dock-where the bird put on quite a show! Over a period of 20 minutes, the eagle repeatedly attacked a Herring Gull, which was in the water. Each time the eagle was almost on top of the gull, the latter would start to rise up out of the water, but either not being able to, or not really wanting to, created such splashing, that the inexperienced/confused? eagle picked up, and flew to a perch on the opposite side of where he started from. This same pattern was repeated 6 times, before the eagle took off, and the injured, smart, or lucky gull, once again, was the "hunter"! Cheers, Bob --
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