On my walk through the Twin Lakes - Federal Way neighborhood yesterday
morning, I watched an OSPREY carrying a good sized fish passing over Lake
Jeane - Treasure Island Park. Suddenly it was ambushed by a scruffy looking
adult BALD EAGLE, which seemed to appear out of nowhere and the chase was
on. The OSPREY, even handicapped with its load, was definitely the better
flyer. It was able to out maneuver the eagle with many twists and turns at
barely treetop level. This aerial dog fight went on for a few minutes and
had the big bully's golden beak white open, gasping for air. The eagle's
persistence finally paid off when the OSPREY dropped the fish and the BALD
EAGLE caught it in mid-air and flying off with it.

Hans Feddern
Twin Lakes - Federal Way
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