------ =_NextPart_000_01BB4BB6.24DCC5C0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable



----------
From: Kelly McAllister[SMTP:alleyes at tssnet1.tss.net]
Sent: Monday, May 27, 1996 3:50 AM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: bald eagle food


Martin Muller wrote:
>Discovery Park has two six-week-old eaglets. They were fed crow (most =
likely=20
>nestling crow) while I observed. One of the eaglets tried to take the =
prey=20
>from the adult female who brought it in, but she took it back and fed =
both of=20
>them after plucking, sending blackish feathers drifting off in the =
breeze.=20

I have always thought that the bald eagles nesting in the greater =
Seattle
area made for an interesting story but their numbers have grown to a =
level
that seems phenomenal. There has got to be a good magazine story in all =
of
this.

Hearing about the baby crow being fed to the eaglets made me think of =
Jim
Watson's Raptor Research paper on the instances in Washington where bald
eagles were found to be rearing not only there own eaglets but a =
red-tailed
hawk nestling too. This happened in two or three instances. Jim =
puzzled
over all of the facts at hand and decided that there was only one =
plausible
scenario. One of the adults likely took a red-tailed hawk nestling out =
of a
nearby hawk nest and delivered it to the bald eagle nestlings as =
potential
prey. For some reason, the adult eagle did not kill the hawk nestling =
and
ended up raising it.=20

It was apparently quite a surprise for the biologist flying the bald =
eagle
productivity count to find mixed species broods. In fact, she landed, =
got a
video camera and went back up in a helicopter to document the situation =
on film.

Kelly McAllister
alleyes at tssnet.tss.net =20
We had a similar incident on N. Whidbey 9-12 years ago in which an eagle =
pair raised an eaglet and a red tail eyass. The birder who photographed =
this unusual occurrence found the body of a mature red tail hawk at the =
foot of the nest tree. We guessed that the eagles had commandeered the =
nest for their use, killing the hawk in the process. Our theory is that =
there was already a red tail hawk egg in the nest which the eagles =
proceeded to brood and raise as their own.
Bill Applegate
Oak Harbor, WA
applgate at whidbey.net


------ =_NextPart_000_01BB4BB6.24DCC5C0
Content-Type: application/ms-tnef
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
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==

------ =_NextPart_000_01BB4BB6.24DCC5C0--