Do what now? (episode #2)
Posted by Tim.
To all the Alaskans out there in blog-land (*ahem* John), could you please shed some light on this?
Seemed pretty nutty to me, but the locals are treating it more like a regular weekly thing.
Posted by Tim.
To all the Alaskans out there in blog-land (*ahem* John), could you please shed some light on this?
Seemed pretty nutty to me, but the locals are treating it more like a regular weekly thing.
January 29th, 2007 at 8:54 pm Using
Lot of eagles, lots of wildlife, and encroaching humanity, makes sense to have more roadkill and some overly-optimistic baldy.
Like squirrels only a lot less pansy.
January 30th, 2007 at 2:18 pm Using
I’m an Alaskan too!
I’ve never seen an eagle haul off a deer head, but there were some funny stories in my home town about eagles taking steaks off of the grill. You definitely wouldn’t want to leave a steak out on a plate on the porch.
And they’ll definitely haul off cats.
There are few things worse than walking under a tree and getting hit with a mostly eaten salmon carcass that an eagle just dropped.
January 30th, 2007 at 2:22 pm Using
I was wondering about that, if Tim was complimenting you, G-Money, or what… but yes, that sounds pretty gross. I’ve been attacked by a hawk for walking under a nesting tree, but i’ll take sharp talons over rotten fish any day.
It seems weird that the eagle would go for the deer head, unless it looked like a fat rabbit or something? dunno.
January 30th, 2007 at 5:12 pm Using
No offense to the G-Money intended; I was just figuring, based on stories he’s told me, that John might’ve seen something more along the lines of:
Bald Eagle + Deer Head = Power Outage
Sounds like eagle stupidity (zeal? overconfidence? something like that…) is a rampant problem in the northern lands, though, based on what our two local Alaskans have to say about it.
Also, just because I gotta represent me a raptor I know from down South, I’m gonna give a shout out to the osprey. I can’t help but like a bird that’s a better fisherman than I’ll ever be, and it’s got a crazy distincive call, so you always know when there’s one around.
January 31st, 2007 at 11:52 am Using
One problem that little eagle boy might have had too is that they can’t release their talons in flight. In order to let go, they have to be able to push down on their feet.
That can turn into a problem if they latch into too large of a salmon and can’t take off… sometimes they can paddle to shore but sometimes they drown.
I think I saw an osprey in Mexico last weekend perched on a mangrove.