I saw this same behavior once at Padilla bay, two eagles, locked up
together both came crashing down into the mudflat. Eventually one got up and
walked away to higher ground, the other did not. The tide came in and
covered the dead bird, the living bird flew away when I was not looking at
it.

One of the things I heard once which sounds to me is probably old wives tale
is that eagles can't open their talons unless there is something their
"palm" can push on. The old wives tale is eagles then drowning from catching
too big a fish which swimming in the water does not give the needed amount
of pressure to release the talon. In light of this notion, maybe eagles
talons get locked and they can't unlock before hitting the ground?


Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer
The Environmental Science School
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