In a message dated 11/3/04 9:40:14 AM,  writes:


> Last year about this time I posted our experience of watching an adult 
> eagle catch a fish and land it by swimming with it to shore.  The fish was just 
> too big for it to fly with so it swam to shore by using its wings.
> 

A few years ago I was birding in SC & saw an adult eagle take a loon from the 
water, after a bit of a struggle, it did the same thing-rowed into shore with 
its wings. At first we thought the eagle was in trouble, but eventually it 
made it to shore with the loon. After that his big problem was keeping the crows 
& gulls at bay.

Sigrid Stiles
Dameron, St. Mary's Co.