Yes, I've witnessed it at Nisqually for 3-4 years. I think it is after
young. Also, have seen several times where one Eagle will fly into the
rookery, draw off the adults and the second Eagle will follow, fly into
the area and snatch a young off the nest.

Leslie Ann Rose
Tacoma, WA

Mary Gast wrote:
>
> 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