Hello tweets,
Last week my sister in Bellingham noted two fledgling crows in a
nest in her backyard. One fell out on the ground and the other was a
"brancher" for a couple of days before both disappeared. So yes, indeed,
it is time for crows to fledge and be off the nest and I would guess that
they would extremely easy prey for Bald Eagles.

Janet Partlow
partlowj at elwha.evergreen.edu

On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, R. Robinette wrote:

> A friend of mine had an interesting observation of a bald
> eagle taking a crow (see below). Has anyone else had similar
> observations?
> Renee Robinette
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 15:02:16 -0700 (PDT)
> From: CROCKETT at u.washington.edu
> To: robinet at U.WASHINGTON.EDU
> Subject: eagle and crow
>
> Bald Eagle Predation on Crow
> Haller Lake neighborhood, Seattle, WA 98125
> 9 June 1996
>
> On 9 June 1996, I observed an apparent predation on a crow by
> a bald eagle. I was gardening in the front yard at approx. 6 to
> 6:30 PM when I heard a crow commotion. I always look to see
> what's going on because often those vocalizations are
> associated with crows mobbing raptors. I looked up the street
> and saw a bald eagle flying from behind the top of a Douglas fir.
> It was an adult with pure white head and tail. The eagle
> appeared to fly up from between two firs, the only two tall trees
> on the west side of 1st Ave NE near the SW corner of the
> intersection of N 133rd St and 1st Ave NE, in front of the
> entrance to Haller Lake United Methodist Church. The eagle
> was flying away from the tree tops carrying a limp black body in
> its talons. The victim's tail hung down and was unmistakably
> a crow's tail. Judging by the length of the tail in proportion to
> the body, the crow was nearly full grown, perhaps a recent
> fledgling (although I have not heard any baby crow calls nor
> seen any fledglings in the neighborhood yet this Spring). The
> body seemed a little smaller than the 3 or 4 crows that pursued
> the eagle, but I cannot be sure. The eagle flew rapidly toward
> the west and had disappeared in the time it took me to run
> from the end of the driveway to the front door to yell, "Bob!
> Eagle!!" and back out to the front.
>
> Way cool!
>
> Personal communication to Rene Robinette from Carolyn
> Crockett, Ph.D., professional animal behaviorist and amateur
> ornithologist, with years of experience observing crows.
> PQyUL8=f
>
>