Subject: [Tweeters] Surprise on Hwy 522
Date: Thu Apr 23 15:44:01 PDT 2020
From: plkoyama at comcast.net - plkoyama at comcast.net

Tweets,

I've been seeing lots of news film on wildlife in cities, now that human and vehicular traffic is way down due to the Covid 19 quarantines. This morning I had an incident here. I live in a condo development that sits just off Hwy 522 close to Yakima Fruit Market in Bothell. I was heading out early to Bartell's for "old peoples' hour" and as I was about to pull onto 522 a Bald Eagle dropped out of the trees across the street, just above and in front of my car, with legs down and talons out. It hovered for a moment, then swooped down into the turn lane and scooped up what I assume was a rat-;it had a long tail anyway. You just don't realize how big these birds are until they are almost "on" you, which this one was! It was rush hour, but with no rush--except for that eagle hitting the road then flying off with a talon-full.

Penny Koyama, Bothell

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