We saw a golden eagle over at Robinson Canyon lift a small fawn from under a
large bush and fly a short distance with it - over a ridge and out of sight.

Jan Ray

Preston WA



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From: Joaw9 at aol.com [mailto:Joaw9 at aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 6:20 AM
To: dawnsdog at rainierconnect.com; tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] How strong are they?



I saw a bald eagle struggle to fly off with a dead adult opossum.
Initially, it eagle could not get off the ground with it, so it would tear
off a few bites of flesh, swallow, and try to take off again. After about
15 minutes of eating, trying to fly, etc., the eagle finally was able to
gain the air -- all the while being harassed by crows. The crows
dive-bombed the bald eagle (carrying the possum) until the eagle gained
enough altitude to catch a thermal and was lifted higher than the crows
chose to follow.



Jo Waldron
Edmonds, WA
joaw9 at aol.com