A number of years ago I took a pontoon boat guided trip out on Lake
Huntingon, east of Fresno CA with about eight other people plus a Park
Service naturalist and a boat operator to watch eagles hunt on that
lake. There was one the Ranger called "Coot Killer" because that baldy
was specializing in taking coots by circling and forcing them to dive
evasively until they were exhausted, whereupon Coot Killer would pounce
when the tired coot resurfaced a little more slowly.

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On 2020-10-17 20:00, Hank Heiberg wrote:

>> Today we saw a Bald Eagle land in Lake Sammamish. At first we

>> didn't know what was happening. As the situation progressed we

>> realized that the Eagle had landed on a Double-crested Cormorant (we

>> think) as the Cormorant surfaced. The Eagle drowned the Cormorant

>> by staying on top of it. Eventually the Eagle flew off carrying the

>> Cormorant. Here is a video of the last half of this encounter.

>>

>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/50499941306/in/dateposted/

>>

>> The prey was a large dark bird and there were Double-crested

>> Cormorants on the lake.

>>

>> Hank & Karen Heiberg

>> Issaquah, WA

>>

>> Sent from my iPad

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