Fred,

We have 3 eagles at Chesapeake Beach/Fishing Creek. I know of 3 occurrences
of eagles swooping down for road kill. off 260/ rt 2

Harry

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Fred Shaffer <>wrote:

> I was out enjoying a huge group of gulls on Schoolhouse Pond during lunch
> today, having just completed my first scan through the flock, when all the
> gulls flushed, flying in ever widening circles away from the pond.  Looking
> up, I saw a Red-tailed Hawk, which continued flying to the east, and an
> adult Bald Eagle, which circled lower and lower.  As I watched, the eagle
> dove in a manner similar to an Osprey hunting fish.  The eagle landing on
> top of a hapless Laughing Gull that had remained on the water.  The eagle
> quickly dispatched its victim and then flew off with the gull still in its
> talons.  The gull was completely limp with the extended wings of gull
> flopping beneath the eagle as it flew.  I suspect that the gull was already
> injured before the attack as it did not take flight with the rest of the
> flock.  Total gull numbers included:
>
> Laughing Gull: 1,013
> Ring-billed Gull:  18
> Herring Gull:  22
>
> Also present were 37 Northern Shovelers and 8 Double-crested Cormorants.
>  I suspect that gull numbers will be low at Schoolhouse Pond during the
> next few days after today's excitement.  Needless to say, there are none
> out there now.
>
> Fred Shaffer
> 
> Crofton, Anne Arundel
>
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*Harry Lotis*
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