on 10/21/08 12:09 PM, Bob Mumford at  wrote:

> I share Fred Schroyer's strong skepticism that any bird of prey could take  a
> goose IN FLIGHT.  Sure, eagles can take a goose on the ground.  Not  hard,
> particularly if the bird is sick or wounded, as many at the refuges are
> during 
> hunting season.  They would likely then eat all or part of the bird  right at
> the kill spot before trying to carry off the remainder.
> 
> But in flight?  Don't think an eagle would even attempt it.  Too  much effort
> for too little chance of success.

I don't know how this turned out, but it was certainly attempted:

<http://www.birdchick.com/2008/06/bald-eagle-attacks-swan.html>

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Elliot

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Elliot Kirschbaum
Shepherdstown, WV
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