I was volunteering at the Seattle Audubon Nature Shop this morning, when a
woman from Kirkland brought in a dead Bald Eagle. She said that the eagle
had been trying to rob a crows' nest, and was attacked and killed by a
multitude of crows. The eagle tried again and again to get the crow babies
even as it was being attacked. It still had nestling crow bodies clutched
in its talons. A neighbor told the woman that a pair of eagles had been in
the area for awhile. I don't know what condition the eagle was in (I
should have checked), or whether it may have had young in a nest of its
own. I wonder if desperation drove it to keep trying to get the crow
babies instead of escaping.

Another Audubon volunteer took the eagle to the Burke Museum, whence it
will be sent the federal repository for eagle remains.

Rachel Lawson
Seattle
RachelLawson at softhome.net