America's national bird started to disappear in the 1960's. My first sighting was just ten years ago -- terrific to see this comeback.
A couple of years ago, I watched a bald eagle snatch a very large turtle from the lake,
really struggle to gain tree-top height, then release the turtle, which fell head-first (maybe tail-first) back into the lake.
Last April, a cousin of the bald eagle (the bald eagle is only found in the US) carried off a bear cub in full sight of Norwegian forest rangers.
Another eagle cousin, now extinct, carried off a hominid child to its nest, found by archaeologists:
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=63433
Bald eagles also "play with their food":
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforu...mes;read=69731 (These last two were posted by "I.R." and "Madrasahs" respectively, my
previous usernames).
Even this morning, a Pekingese was reported carried off in Montana's -0° temperatures just this past New Year's holiday.
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/art...news/02dog.txt 