Subject: Re: Golden Eagle and Coyote
Date: Nov 1 16:36:36 1995
From: Scott Ray - scray at wolfenet.com



>
>The thing I found curious about this whole account is the implication
>of possible cooperative hunting by Golden Eagles ("one or more"). Even if
>that part really meant "one", there's the statement about three
>eagles found feeding on the carcass later. This seems a little
>un-eagle-like to me, am I alone in this?

Don,

Please clarify what you mean. Are you saying it is un-eagle-like to hunt
cooperatively or to find eagles together at a carcass?

More than once, I've seen two Goldens on a carcass. The most recent being
along the San Poil River last winter when two were feeding on a dead cow.

Scott

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