Posted on 08/26/2024 2:30:02 PM PDT by Duke C.
The bird was "engorged" after consuming a raccoon, according to wildlife officials Wildlife officials worried that a bald eagle found on the ground near Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in Missouri was injured, but they later discovered the bird was just walking off a hefty meal.
On Aug. 21, the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield shared a Facebook post noting that the Missouri Department of Conservation recently found a bald eagle that appeared unable to fly by the park, located 175 miles outside of Kansas City, Mo.
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Even American birds are like this these days?
Raccoons are filling......well that’s what I heard anyway. 😏
MTOW exceeded.
How very ironic.
My American pigeon is too fat to fly, now; but he doesn’t have to, so...
Even our eagles are overweight...
“Even American birds are like this these days?”
It has nothing to do with “American”. It’s just nature and yeah, some animals are gluttons, just like some humans...especially if they’ve skipped meals. If the eagle had been nesting, with eaglets to feed, he would have just taken the rest of the racoon back to the nest.
“Raccoons are filling......well that’s what I heard anyway. 😏”
Not as greasy as opossum though. (Or so I’ve been told)
I never feel like flying after eating raccoon either.
Bu-u-u-u-r-r-r-p!
They will even kill a bunch more then they could ever eat if it is possible and then go back and just eat the "good parts".
Sea lions for example will catch a salmon, take a couple bites out of the belly toss it and catch another and repeat until they can no longer move.
Imagine some coyote thinking that a walking big bird would be a big catch.
Time for a 2nd meal, birdie!
A true American hero. The bird was probably walking towards a Walmart to get one of those carts..
Bears do this with salmon.
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