After thinking on how an eagle eats a squirrel it seems that it is probably not edible when frozen. With its' sharp beak and sharp talons, an eagle can tear into a dead squirrel, mouse, chipmonk; ripping pieces off the body small enough to swallow.
When the body is frozen, then the eagle's beak and talons most likely cannot tear it apart. Being frozen makes it too hard for the beak and talons to cut it.
As you probably know, an ice covered sidewalk is much more difficult to chop at 10 degrees, than at 30 degrees. Ice continues to get noticably harder as it gets colder, from 30 to 10 degrees. So, the same hardness applies to a dead mammal's body. The dead meat is too cold to be cut.
On Route 93, it's pretty common to see crows scavenging roadkill. Maybe the blacktop keeps the dead body from freezing so fast?
You know, I noticed a bald eagle taking a culinary arts course at Laconia Adult Ed; how to prepare squirrel stew........yummy & hot for an eagle!
Life must be tough for an eagle in the winter. A smart eagle will fly south to Miami Beach and flap over South Beach and hunt for wild thongs
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