wow...how would you like to find these in your back yard?

[Wheezer]

Originally posted by: Zaitsev

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
I assume they are in Alaska?

I was wondering that too. Possibly Oregon or Washington?

i think they are in Dutch Harbor....Alaska.

 

[Miramonti]

At the end of the vid he said he was in Alaska.

 

[BoomerD]

When we lived in Wyoming, it wasn't at all uncommon to see a "flock?" of eagles gathered around some road kill...kind of takes the Majesty out of our National Symbol to see them eating garbage and road kill...but being out on a lake in a canoe fishing...and having a couple of them fishing alongside of you...awesome. Watching them swoop out of the sky and snatch a large trout out of the lake is impressive. They haz mad fishing skilz.
(but, as shown in this vid, they're also lazy and opportunistic feeders.)

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
When we lived in Wyoming, it wasn't at all uncommon to see a "flock?" of eagles gathered around some road kill...kind of takes the Majesty out of our National Symbol to see them eating garbage and road kill...but being out on a lake in a canoe fishing...and having a couple of them fishing alongside of you...awesome. Watching them swoop out of the sky and snatch a large trout out of the lake is impressive. They haz mad fishing skilz.
(but, as shown in this vid, they're also lazy and opportunistic feeders.)

To be fair any animal won't turn down a free meal.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BoomerD
When we lived in Wyoming, it wasn't at all uncommon to see a "flock?" of eagles gathered around some road kill...kind of takes the Majesty out of our National Symbol to see them eating garbage and road kill...but being out on a lake in a canoe fishing...and having a couple of them fishing alongside of you...awesome. Watching them swoop out of the sky and snatch a large trout out of the lake is impressive. They haz mad fishing skilz.
(but, as shown in this vid, they're also lazy and opportunistic feeders.)

To be fair any animal won't turn down a free meal.

I certainly won't!!

But I agree. Free and easy food attracts a lot of wild animals to human population areas. Look at the bear problem in Yellowstone. Campgrounds and garbage dumps are easy scavenging.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BoomerD
When we lived in Wyoming, it wasn't at all uncommon to see a "flock?" of eagles gathered around some road kill...kind of takes the Majesty out of our National Symbol to see them eating garbage and road kill...but being out on a lake in a canoe fishing...and having a couple of them fishing alongside of you...awesome. Watching them swoop out of the sky and snatch a large trout out of the lake is impressive. They haz mad fishing skilz.
(but, as shown in this vid, they're also lazy and opportunistic feeders.)

To be fair any animal won't turn down a free meal.

Very nearly George Michael's exact words when he got caught in a public bathroom with another dude.

 

[xboxist]

Originally posted by: Wheezer

Originally posted by: Zaitsev

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
I assume they are in Alaska?

I was wondering that too. Possibly Oregon or Washington?

i think they are in Dutch Harbor....Alaska.

+1

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: JTsyo
It's pretty nuts on how strong birds can be with their hollow bones and all. Not sure if it was on OT that there was a video of a falcon taking down a fawn.

Speed on those dives give them a lot of strength.

I mean imagine a grain of sand going at the speed of light....

well... that would just destroy whatever it hit right? because of all the momentum and such

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
Its funny, Bald Eagles were so endangered and so protected that they have now become a menace in many parts of the US. Not to mention they are pretty much scavengers and oportunistic birds. Nothing like seeing the symbol of your nation digging through a garbage dumpster for a half eaten cheese burger like a common crow.

Still... cool video

And really, they will also eat carrion, like vultures - a bald eagle just happens to have feathers on its head.

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BoomerD
When we lived in Wyoming, it wasn't at all uncommon to see a "flock?" of eagles gathered around some road kill...kind of takes the Majesty out of our National Symbol to see them eating garbage and road kill...but being out on a lake in a canoe fishing...and having a couple of them fishing alongside of you...awesome. Watching them swoop out of the sky and snatch a large trout out of the lake is impressive. They haz mad fishing skilz.
(but, as shown in this vid, they're also lazy and opportunistic feeders.)

To be fair any animal won't turn down a free meal.

Which brings up that whole thing where it was chosen for how it looks instead of the badass golden eagle that tells goats to gtfo its mountain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VklTs-Tid_I

EDIT: Comparison
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/...d-eagles-die-in-alaska

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Which brings up that whole thing where it was chosen for how it looks instead of the badass golden eagle that tells goats to gtfo its mountain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VklTs-Tid_I

EDIT: Comparison
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/...d-eagles-die-in-alaska

What the???
:Q

This is MY mountain.

 

[Cienja]

Wow! How cool is that!? I kept waiting for one of them to carry away the bucket (or one of the kids)

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

And to think, Ben Franklin wanted our national bird to be a Turkey.

 

[zinfamous]

crazy. odd though, as bald eagles tend to hate people.

video mentioned that the locals were line-netting the salmon as the swim up-river....which is HIGHLY illegal. Especially in Alaska.

Or did Red Salmon get the shaft compared to King Salmon and others when it comes to protection?

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
And to think, Ben Franklin wanted our national bird to be a Turkey.

well, they tend to be more clever and noble than the scavenging bald eagle.

tastier, too.

 

[ivan2]

you ever had an eagle? they look pretty tasty to me.

 

[Hammerhead]

America! F*CK YEAH!

 

[amdhunter]

Those eagles looked delicious.

 

[TallBill]

Go put some pants on!

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
And to think, Ben Franklin wanted our national bird to be a Turkey.

well, they tend to be more clever and noble than the scavenging bald eagle.

tastier, too.

gobble gobble!!

the war cry that would strike fear into the hearts of our enemies!

 

[SonnyDaze]

My shotgun barrel would melt.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Those eagles looked delicious.

Nah...spotted owl tastes better.

 

[lupi]

lol, got an ad for a bird control place on the video.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
And to think, Ben Franklin wanted our national bird to be a Turkey.

Quite possibly a better choice.

 

[DieHardware]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: BoomerD
When we lived in Wyoming, it wasn't at all uncommon to see a "flock?" of eagles gathered around some road kill...kind of takes the Majesty out of our National Symbol to see them eating garbage and road kill...but being out on a lake in a canoe fishing...and having a couple of them fishing alongside of you...awesome. Watching them swoop out of the sky and snatch a large trout out of the lake is impressive. They haz mad fishing skilz.
(but, as shown in this vid, they're also lazy and opportunistic feeders.)

To be fair any animal won't turn down a free meal.

Which brings up that whole thing where it was chosen for how it looks instead of the badass golden eagle that tells goats to gtfo its mountain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VklTs-Tid_I

EDIT: Comparison
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/...d-eagles-die-in-alaska

Yeah letting kids around the golden ones wouldn't be a good idea.