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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!
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Great footage, really enjoyed that. Just amazing !! Thanks
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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.
Two ponds, 13 and 15 acres on the Mattaponi River.
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Love to watch them at your pond - hate to see them at mine !!!!
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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?
1 ac pond LMB, BG, RES, CC 
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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