Whoa! That is some great video.
One of the coolest things I've witnessed in person was last trip up to the Rainy River/Lake Nippising in Ontario a couple years ago. Bald Eagle came down and plucked a good sized smallmouth bass (guessing 2-3 lbs)out of the water near a shoreline not more than 50 yds. from the boat. At first I wondered if he was even going to be able to fly with it it was so large, but he certainly managed and flew off to have a hell of a lunch somewhere!
Great footage, really enjoyed that. Just amazing !! Thanks
Pretty awesome. They used to be around our farm but we had eagles to build a nest last year and the ospreys don't come around the back pond. Does the eagles just eat dead fish mostly. I don't think I have ever seen one dive in the water like the osprey does.
Love to watch them at your pond - hate to see them at mine !!!!
I saw bald eagles diving for food in Alaskan waters; don't know if they were getting live or dead fish.
That video shows the power of the osprey! What kind of fish was the third one?
I don't mind the birds of prey. We really enjoy watching them work. The eagles fly down and just lift the fish off the top of the water.They hardly ever miss, so I think the fish is dead. One day while we were building a boat dock, a osprey missed 19 dives in a row. He would rest a few minutes and dive again and he never did get a fish. I had a fishing day like that on Sunday, caught 17 on 36 bites.
Eagles will occasionally take live fish, but they usually take dead ones or like to steal what ospreys have caught. There is a reason Ben Franklin didn't want the bald eagle as our nation's mascot.
I have seen the eagles make the ospreys drop their catch at least six times but the eagles don't pick up the fish. They really hate each other.
I have seen bald eagles dive bomb the water on Lake Texoma and pull out a striper that is 20 inches long on several occassions.
My goodness, that was IMPRESSIVE!!!
In the first bombing, how many fish did that osprey take?
In the last one, I love how the osprey makes the fish aerodynamic to reduce drag!