Living out in the countryside has many benefits with one of the more interesting ones being the variety of wildlife that inhabit the area. Bald eagles have been making a comeback over the past couple of decades and lately have been moving into the Yucatan area. For some reason I never have a camera when one is around. Today that changed, though I was not able to get good pictures in the end.
My father came downstairs and announce he had been watching quite an aerial show. Puzzled, I asked if a crop duster was in the area again. No, he had been watching a bald eagle fight with a turkey vulture over a carcass and had not bothered to let me know it was going on…
I rushed to get my telephoto lens onto my Canon Digital Rebel so that I could get some photos. Of course, the big battle was long over and the eagle had the dead critter to himself. Well, at least until a crow tried to horn in.
That led to some squawking and soon a chase was on, though I was never able to get the crow into the frame again.
Having chased off the crow, the young eagle came back to its prey, which looked like it was either a large rabbit or a woodchuck. Hard to tell given the distance. But soon the irate raptor was air born again to chase off gathering vultures and that was the last I saw of it.
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