I had a close encounter with a cat hunting eagle a few summers ago. My
neighbor and I were standing in the driveway of my Mercer Island home
chatting. Her cat came over to socialize, rubbing up against our ankles and
purring loudly. I had noticed a bald eagle in a tall evergreen a few
backyards over; then saw it take off and start to circle. Suddenly, I
looked up to see it diving toward us (or the cat?). It got about 10 feet
above our heads before turning upwards and out of sight.

Henne Queisser
Mercer Island, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Sandelin [mailto:floriferous at msn.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:22 PM
To: 'Tweeters'
Subject: [Tweeters] Seward park Eagle

While dropping off a nephew near Seward Park and driving some side streets
an eagle flew down into somebodies fenced back yard!, Actually did a power
dive sort of flight down below a fence. I pulled up the car and waited for a
bit, but no sign of the bird, but my view was blocked by the fence. Then a
cat was seen scrambling over the fence, down and into some thick shrubbery.
I did not see the eagle again but I have never heard of them hunting house
cats in suburbia before so it might have just been a coincidence, although
if I were a cat and a big giant black bad ass bird landed in my backyard,
I'd scram too and probably swear off hunting birds forevermore. Therapy
might be required.


Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer
The Environmental Science School
http://www.nonprofitpages.com/nica/SVE.htm
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