BAD MORAL CHARACTER
Rather than do their own fishing, Bald Eagles often go after other creatures’ catches. A Bald Eagle will harass a hunting Osprey until the smaller raptor drops its prey in midair, where the eagle swoops it up. A Bald Eagle may even snatch a fish directly out of an Osprey’s talons. Fishing mammals (even people sometimes) can also lose prey to Bald Eagle piracy.(Cornell)
No wonder Benjamin Franklin said, “He is a bird of bad moral character”.
Photographed near Mesa, Colorado on the DeBeque Cutoff.
BAD MORAL CHARACTER
Rather than do their own fishing, Bald Eagles often go after other creatures’ catches. A Bald Eagle will harass a hunting Osprey until the smaller raptor drops its prey in midair, where the eagle swoops it up. A Bald Eagle may even snatch a fish directly out of an Osprey’s talons. Fishing mammals (even people sometimes) can also lose prey to Bald Eagle piracy.(Cornell)
No wonder Benjamin Franklin said, “He is a bird of bad moral character”.
Photographed near Mesa, Colorado on the DeBeque Cutoff.