The following is a description supplied by Amanda of an event she observed two weekends back at The Lake in North\/Central Minnesota:<\/p>\n
There appeared to be an animal acting strangely on the surface of the water. On further inspection, it turned out to be a bald eagle moving across the surface using its wings like oars. This went on for at least a minute or two. Eventually, the eagle dragged itself in a similar manner onto shore where it stood around for a while, and shortly thereafter made its way up the slope by several feet. Closer inspection with binoculars indicated that the eagle was now eating a fish (probably).It appears that the eagle had grabbed a fish with its talons, but the fish was too big to lift up out of the water. So the bird crawled across the water with the fish in tow. Probably.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Has anyone observed that particular behavior before?I should note that this happened in sight of the eagle’s nest, and we are 99% certain that this nest has one or more chicks (can’t see it\/them, but can hear it\/them).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The following is a description supplied by Amanda of an event she observed two weekends back at The Lake in North\/Central Minnesota: There appeared to be an animal acting strangely on the surface of the water. On further inspection, it turned out to be a bald eagle moving across the surface using its wings like … Continue reading Interesting Behavior by a Bald Eagle<\/span>