In a message dated 8/2/2006 4:26:14 AM GMT Daylight Time,
TEBowden at comcast.net writes:

John, great story!

I was once fishing at Rattlesnake Lake near North Bend, which (at least at
the time) had a good population of Osprey and Bald Eagles. The fishing was
good, with small recently planted rainbow trout attacking small nymphs with
abandon. I hooked one, looked up and saw a bald eagle start to swoop down after
my fish. I attempted to strip the poor little trout in as quickly as I could,
but the eagle was too fast. He dove into the water about 15 feet behind my
float tube and came up carrying the fish.

What an awesome spectacle to see such a big bird crash into the water so
close to me!

Tom Bowden
Kent, WA



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Subject: [Tweeters] Bird "Fishing"
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 19:23:33 +0000
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May I add just one more? At Painted Rock Reservoir in s. AZ, we watched a
young Osprey swoop down over the water, extend its talons, hit its prey- - -
- began flappping . . . and flapping . . . and flapping--obviously unable to
lift its target out of the water but unwilling (or unable) to release it.
After a few minutes of suspense, he gave up and headed back to his perch.
Although he was after our fish, we couldn't help but sympathize!! Murray

(Mrs.) Murray Hansen
Graham, WA
MurrayH at aol.com