Eagles will take most anything as food: From a distance, one way to distinguish which bird has just taken a fish is to see the method by which the fish is caught. One large raptor that is easily mistaken for an eagle is the Osprey.
An Osprey will catch a fish beneath the surface, leave a large spray, get soaked, and will shake itself off as it flies off afterwards. (And "manually" turn the fish head-first into the air stream of flight).
A Bald Eagle will normally stay dry and will "snatch" it off the surface. It is rare that you will see an eagle with a
live fish. (Though I have seen a Bald Eagle pulled under the surface of the water!
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After a meal, an Osprey will fly down to the surface and drag its feet through the water, giving their talons a "rinse". I haven't seen this behavior with the Bald Eagle.
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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal
"...Should we respect the person that bestowed an awful death on the poor squirrel by drowning it...?"
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What part of "Hav-a-Hart" doesn't FLL understand?
Being heavier, gray squirrels will "trip" the trap easier, but I find that it is
red squirrels that are more destructive to cottages. (But "reds" take far more patience to trap in a "Hav-a-Hart" trap).
The eye of a Bald Eagle (in many hawks) has a sharp ridge over the eye that makes it look very serious. This photo of a Bald Eagle was accompanied by a phrase saying:
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"I don't like what I'm seeing".
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Gray Squirrels are more wary than other squirrels although they can be bribed to perch on an ankle.
