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eagle attacking deer...
vtclimber:
Winter can be tough on the raptors. Less prey and they still have to eat. In some areas of Va we can put deer carcasses out and within two days they are gone from the eagles hitting them. If I can dig them up, somewhere I have a picture of something like 11 eagles on one carcass......
Lombard:
That is wild.
Swamp Bow:
The mention of feeding eagles in winter reminds me of my childhood. The guy that lived across from my grandparents in Germany used to (still does?) keep pigeons. He had a bit of cash invested and probably kept 75-100 birds. Every year he'd loose a few to the hawks and then gripe an moan about it. He swore the hawks had a taste for the pricey ones. Funny thing is, in really bad winter years he would go purchase a few hog quarters and put the on the shed a couple of times to help those same hawks though till spring. I always admired the man for that. I can still picture those sky rats flying around and around in the valley keeping a sharp eye out for those hawks. I recall one year that a young hawk didn't pull out in time while on a flight after a pigeon which made it into the coop in time. He must have hit the pop hole at Mach something. The dead hawk hit so hard it had to be dismembered to get it back out. Smart pigeon, dumb hawk. The way it goes. Wow, I hadn't though about any of that in a long long time. Thanks.
Swamp
Justin Snyder:
Swamp, I could sit around the campfire for days and listen to you tell stories. ;D
Swamp Bow:
--- Quote from: Justin Snyder on March 06, 2010, 10:13:31 am ---Swamp, I could sit around the campfire for days and listen to you tell stories. ;D
--- End quote ---
That would last about 24 hr and then you'd wanna stuff me in a hole. Or is that 24 min? ;D Thanks 8)
Swamp
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