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Wait ! Come back ! You dropped something….

A juvenile Bald Eagle, approximately three years old, drops a fish after failing to out fly another juvenile Bald Eagle, approximately four years old. In the end, neither Eagle was able to maintain control of the fish and it floated downstream out of reach. Taken over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Saturday afternoon 11-06-2010....

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Catch ‘n carry

An adult Bald Eagle takes its freshly caught fish to what it hopes will be a safe eating location. With any luck, he got to that area without first having had the fish stolen from him by another Eagle. This time of the year, chances are not in his favor. Taken over the Susquehanna River...

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Wingman with bad intentions…

One Bald Eagle flies with his freshly caught fish while another shadows his every move in an attempt to attempt mid-air fish theft. Taken over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Sunday afternoon 11-14-2010. For more information on Bald Eagles, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.

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“Fishing is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they’re in the game.” –Paul Rodriguez (paraphrased)

An Adult Bald Eagle yanks a fish out of the river with a mighty splash. Taken over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Sunday afternoon 11-14-2010. For more information on Bald Eagles, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.

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“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” –Elmer Davis

A tribute to our Veterans on this Veteran’s Day. on Taken over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Saturday afternoon 11-6-2010. For more information on Bald Eagles, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.

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Robbed !

A juvenile Bald Eagle, approximately three years old, looks at the remains of a fish in its left tallon. Moments earlier, he had an entire fish but lost most of it in a mid-air battle with an adult Bald Eagle. He was nice enough to give me a nice, low fly-over for this one. Taken...

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Give me, give me, mine ! Mine ! MINE !

Two adult Bald Eagles fight in mid-air over a fish, one trying to fend off the other with its talons. This is a pretty heavy crop of action almost in another zip code but it’s the first decent mid-air battle shot I’ve gotten in the past three years. For all their majesty and grace, America’s...

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