[Inyo-Mono]

Back in the Summer of 1999, my then 8 year old daughter and I were fishing from a small boat in a High Sierra lake when a bald eagle dropped out of the sky near us, hit the water, and then flew up over our boat holding a trout that looked to be about 15 inches long. Water dripped on us as he flew overhead. He landed in a nearby dead pine tree on the shore and ate the trout as we watched.

[budwiesest]

Wow! That's close- getting water on you. What I remember too, was the fuzzy looking legs on the eagle. I wasn't sure at first if it was a bald eagle until it came closer.

I guess as he decended, the air lifted the feathers on his legs, making them appear much larger. He just plopped on the water, and then, took off.