Tim,

last summer at Frye Cove Pk. (Thurston Co.) I saw a red-tail with
prey head out across Eld Inlet. A baldy gave chase, and closed
quickly on the hawk. The red-tail didn't put up any resistance, it
just dropped it's prey, which the eagle snatched out of the air. I
don't think territory has anything to do with it; baldies are
notorious freeloaders. There have been lots of reports of baldies
robbing ospreys, and I seem to remember someone on Tweeters reporting
a baldy robbing a peregrine up on the Skagit.

At 9:41 PM -0800 2/15/03, Tim O'Brien wrote:

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> Would this be an example of territorial behavior on the part of the
>eagles or just the eagle being the dominant species? Just wondering
>if anyone else has seen something like this before.

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Rob Saecker
Olympia
rsaecker at thurston.com