PS: Great story!
On Aug 7, 2011, at 7:26 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Seeing your ducks reminded me of a rather amazing sight yesterday. We
> were visiting friends at their lake-side cabin in Pennsylvania. We had
> only just walked in the door when someone shouted that there was an
> eagle floundering in the lake that appeared to be drowning. We looked
> immediately through the expansive glass sliding doors and, sure enough,
> about 40 meters away, there was a sopping wet and very bedraggled
> looking bald eagle setting in the water. He was flapping his wings as
> hard and fast as he could while trying to take to the air but making no
> headway. His wings were drenched and we were truly concerned that the
> eagle might drown.
>
> Suddenly, from directly across the lake, there came a duck flying a few
> meters above the water. We were astonished because the duck was coming
> very fast and clearly making a bee-line right at the eagle. Then the
> eagle saw the duck coming and, apparently with some duck-induced
> adrenalin, made a few extra strength wing flaps and suddenly rose up out
> of the water... with a gigantic fish in its talons. The eagle seemed to
> stumble a bit with its huge and heavy load but eventually began to pick
> up some speed and altitude. At that point the duck broke off its attack.
>
> Do eagles know something about ducks that we don't? Maybe you should
> use great caution the next time you are photographing ducks. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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