Eagles can be thieves, sometimes stealing the hard-earned catch of other birds, like osprey, ducks, even other bald eagles. Linda Rappel and her husband like to watch eagles and recently came across an adult defending its catch from a younger bird. Rappel could almost hear the eagle saying, “This is mine, bug off!”
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