I think Bald Eagle are mainly scavengers.
I see them a lot here in the cascade foot hills.
The surprise for me this Saturday was seeing a couple of Turkey Vultures buzzing the yard.
I didn’t t know that they inhabit in this area.
I just saw red headed hawks...had to look it up.
They are scavengers too.
I see red hawks often and on rare occasion I see great horned owls.
If a bald eagle buzzes the yard, I usually hear them first, their wings really swoosh.
Yeah, around here they feast on road kill deer carcasses, it’s literally a buffet.
Couple years ago one came out of the tall grass attempting to take off right in front of me. I had no chance to avoid it, good thing for me I have a heavy duty brush guard that has survived two deer collisions. Last I saw was a feathery mess rolling behind me in the mirror.
The first time I ever saw one in the wild, it was enjoying some roadkill on the shoulder of a back road. When I was a kid I'd always see them on TV soaring magnificently, swooping and plucking fish out of the water, etc.
Kind of a let down to see my first one in real life tearing into roadside carrion.