In a message dated 1/26/2005 8:01:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
 writes:

The  eagle hovered over the opening with the canvasback surfacing VERY 
briefly and  diving again.  This repeated several times, and the patient eagle  
continued to hover for well over a minute before finally grabbing the  canvasback.


Dave,
 I wasn't aware that eagles "hovered".  Could you please  elaborate on the 
behavior you saw?
 
Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD