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On Tue, 31 Oct 1995 JLRosso at aol.com wrote:

> Scot wrote
>
> "This is the second interaction I've noted between GOEA's and large mammals.
> In July 1978, a group of us watched a pair harrass a spike Mule Deer on Hart
> Mountain. This time though, the deer appeared to be terrified as it raced
> back and forth across a steep slope littered with large boulders. I
> wondered if the eagles were attempting to cause fatal injury to the deer.
> The wildy frightened deer could have easily broken a leg in this terrain.
>
> Has anyone else observed this behavior in Golden Eagles?"
>
>
> I haven't but here is some material from A. C. Bent's Life Histories of North
> American Birds
>
> " The list of mammals recorded includes deer and their fawns, antelopes,
> lambs of moutain sheep, goats and their kids, domestic calves, lambs, dogs,
> cats, young pigs, foxes, hares, rabbits, ground and arboreal squirrels,
> raccoons, prairie dogs, woodchucks, marmots, spermopiles (?), porcupines,
> opossums, skunks, weasels, martens, pocket gophers, rats, mice, and moles. "
>
> What is a spermopile?
>
> Here is an account of an incident with a deer
> "The deer had been pounced upon by one or more eagles as it floundered in the
> deep snow, and its back was fearfully lacerated by the talons. After it had
> succumed, the carcass was dragged down-hill over one hundred yards until it
> lodged against a large boulder. Three eagles were feeding on it when first
> discovered by some prospecters."
>
>
> Jim Rosso
> Issaquah
> 206-392-8440
>
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