I was just checking my email when I heard Millie, my guard against the skies, go nuts. A quick look out the window showed her jumping and lunging at the fence, leaping up to the sky. She was very agitated. I went out to look, and as usual, was very glad I did.
I saw a mature bald eagle swoop down and snag a piece of meat off the ground, then fly to a nearby tree to consume it. All this so close I would have gotten a wonderful picture, had I thought to grab the camera on the way out.
A bald eagle just touched down in my field, in front of me. Wow.
I don't mind sharing some meat with them. Hopefully they'll stick to scavenging and not take my lovely little bantams. Millie is now barking warnings when they circle to closely - still high enough that I can barely tell they are eagles.
I seem to always be rewarded when I check out a dog alert - but I really need to add "snatch the camera" to my routine!
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HOW TOTALLY AWESOME!!!! I saw one while I was mowing one day...I just got a glimpse of him, just long enough for me to wreck my new mower into a tree..LOL!
*giggle* - I can well imagine wrecking the mower due to an eagle sighting. I was stunned myself, with only enough thought left over to wish for the camera.
How exciting!!!
We had an eagle get one of our hens, he touched down just long enough to kill her before our neighbors dog scared him of. It was sad at the time, but now we joke that he was going to the "dive thru" for chicken strips.
That is the risk. I love seeing the eagles, and I was thrilled to see one so close, to watch him touch down to grab food. The food, however, is just as likely to be a living chicken as some leftover meat. Life, death, life...
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