I visited Nisqually NWR on Saturday and witnessed a Bald Eagle fly into
the Great Blue Heron rookery there. It seemed to make several attempts at
whatever it was trying to do. Other people with binoculars said that the
eagle actually flew into one of the nests, but I wasn't looking through my
binoculars at the time so I'm not sure. Was it after eggs, or a young
heron? I'm not sure if there would be any eggs in the nests. One of the
volunteers there said that the young herons were large, but that they
couldn't fly yet. I'm very interested if anyone has seen or knows about
this kind of behavior. It was spectacular to watch as the eagle flew in
and a giant roar, maybe scream would be a better description, went up from
the herons.

Mary Dalziell
Bremerton, WA