Sunday, November 3, 2013

Safety in Numbers

I've noticed a large duck population on the lake lately. Mallards, cormorants and who knows what else. This morning I noticed some unusual activity. The ducks clustered together briefly and then went about their business. It wasn't until the second time they got together that I got up to see what was threatening them. Aha...a young eagle was flying around. After it happened once again, I saw the second mature eagle. Double the trouble! Hopefully the eagles are looking for fish rather than the sitting ducks. I wish I had my large Nikon and telephoto lens with me to get a close up shot of the eagles.

From this, scattered about...

...to this, clustered together.

The Predator

Two Eagles

9 comments:

  1. wow! that really is neat the way they cluster together! poor things!

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  2. Eagles are at the top of the food chain...typically they are opportunists taking kill from another raptors (Osprey, hawks) and although they're primary diet is fish, they will do what they need to to survive. It is sad yet truthful....:)JP

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  3. Good pictures! I too hope the eagles were just looking for fish! Yikes!

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  4. Wonderful illustration of their behavior under threat! I love this.

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  5. Nice shots - they were definitely threatened. Those large birds can get real animals, I've had a hawk try to take off my dog a couple of times.

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  6. Nice shots, great capture with the eagles.

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  7. Smart ducks. What a great sighting for you.

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  8. Great job noticing that! Nice pics also...

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