Pauline and I came upon a large Bald Eagle sitting on the side of the road and of course, the only camera we had with us was our iPhones. We started to take a few pictures when a Golden Eagle flew over the Bald Eagle and the Bald Eagle started to take off when we noticed he had a large fish, that was still flopping, in his talons.
He didn’t quite get it secured so he sat back down on top of the fish as the Golden sat in a tree about 10 yards away. We watched for a few minutes and listened to both of them cuss each other out.
We slowly drove down the road and I got as far away as I could with the truck, and for the most part the Bald Eagle was cool with us, but at the last second he took off leaving the still flopping fish behind, so we continued on our way to dump a load of brush off at the burn pit.
We returned about 10 minutes later and the Bald Eagle was once again eating his fish with the Golden watching and complaining. As we got closer the Bald grabbed the fish and flew into a tree, we was able to drive past and walk back to get a better view, but honestly, unless you have 100% perfect conditions, iPhone pics are crap.
After a few minutes of standing close to the Bald’s tree, he had enough and took off with the fish further down the road. The Golden was still in the area and still cussing up a storm.
Not the best pics, but they are the best one’s we have of this event…
Oh, there is also two cat pictures cause why not right?
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