Each year we count the seasons’ turn when the “Fluffy Missing” posters start to turn up at the Post Office. Last year some idiot let her Teacup Pomeranian run free. Bad, bad idea.
I was fishing just north of Juneau, AK one day.
Pinks were running. One guy with a really expensive rig was killing them. he caught a particularly big one as he fought it in on his fly rig, an Eagle swooped down grabbed the fish mid air and proceeded to the opposite shore of the creek and started to eat. The guy cut his line and re-rigged his gear.
Eagles and Law are more important than human food.
I am proud to have a bald eagle as a neighbor.
It’s great every time I see it.
(I have big dogs)
We had a pair land in our backyard a couple of months ago here in Florida. My wife and I were in shock and awed by the sight of them in our yard. Neither of them had a pocket poodle in their clutches though.
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My Mother had a Chihuahua and when he was a puppy she would go out in the yard with him to make sure the crows didn’t get him ,LOL
I go out with my dog to make sure things are okay but only thing getting pounced on in my yard are birds and a dove now and again by HAWKS. Nothing but a pile of feathers when they’re finished. Burp.
I saw that porcupine-dog get-up on shark tank. Mr. Wonderful told the inventors they should electrify it. They already had a model that would would shock an attacking animal (if the owner with the remote control was nearby).
A couple of years ago near me, an owl scooped up a small dog and flew off with it as the owner watched. It’s amazing how much birds can carry. At our last house, there were houses on the water, a road, and then our house was on the opposite site of the road. Several times a year sea gulls would drop fish on our deck. And these were fish about the same size as the gulls.
Codswallop. I live in a place where I see Bald Eagles on a daily basis and have never heard of a legitimate case where an eagle took a pet. Coyotes on occasion and rarely a cougar or wolf, but never an eagle. As far as animal attacks go, domestic dogs kill far more than every other creature combined.
I keep hoping the ones in my neighborhood would grab more of my next door neighbor’s excess cats, but they seem to stay alive. At least until the coyotes get them.....
Earlier this year, a ravenous raptor stalked and killed a seagull
Big Dogs are good
The first time I saw a bald eagle was when one grabbed a dead squirrel off a road without having to land.
I live on the coast of Florida and I now normally see bald eagles several times a year.
I believe they are considered fish hawks but they aren’t really picky.
I have hawks regularly. The local hawks want to eat snakes. I’ve only seen one squirrel who was a hawk’s meal.
Eagles beware! You have white heads, you are predatory and you are definitely meat eaters. Who says you are no longer endangered.
The eagles are very welcomed to the yapper dogs in the neighborhood. A few years ago they snagged a rabbit right out the window in the back yard. Wish they’d now go for the yapper dogs that won’t shut up.
Eagles are predators but lovely. That is their job.
Do not put small animals outside that are not native to the area. Native animals understand the danger. Non native animals are just lunch.
I once watched about 20 bald eagles playing tug of war with a big octopus who was trapped in a tide pool. They took a few chunks but the incoming tide saved him. Spasski Bay, Chichagof Island, SE Alaska 1981.