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Index of Subjects --14dae9ccdd4e5c329104cbaa2dee Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Im thinking that eagle was either weak, desperate or both...especially to land in such cramped quarters. Combo of a very bad set of circumstances. Helene On Oct 9, 2012 6:34 PM, <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > My Aunt & Uncle who live in Wallace Bay (Pugwash) lease some of thier > farmland to farmers who raise sheep and cattle. > They relayed to me of an incident that happened after one of the cows gave > birth. The afterbirth was left in the field and an adult Bald Eagle flew in > to feed on the afterbirth. Apparently, immediately, the herd of cattle > which included a bull, surrounded the eagle and there was not enough room > for the eagle to take off, whereupon, the bull went in & trampled the eagle > to death. > I have never heard of behavior like this but it obviously happens! > > Sincerely, > > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > --14dae9ccdd4e5c329104cbaa2dee Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p>Im thinking that eagle was either weak, desperate or both...especially t= o land in such cramped quarters. Combo of a very bad set of circumstances.<= br> Helene </p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Oct 9, 2012 6:34 PM, <<a href=3D"mailto:d= uartess@ns.sympatico.ca">duartess@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:<br type=3D= "attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;= border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> My Aunt & Uncle who live in Wallace Bay (Pugwash) lease some of thier f= armland to farmers who raise sheep and cattle.<br> They relayed to me of an incident that happened after one of the cows gave = birth. The afterbirth was left in the field and an adult Bald Eagle flew in= to feed on the afterbirth. Apparently, immediately, the herd of cattle whi= ch included a bull, surrounded the eagle and there was not enough room for = the eagle to take off, whereupon, the bull went in & trampled the eagle= to death.<br> I have never heard of behavior like this but it obviously happens!<br> <br> Sincerely,<br> <br> Gayle MacLean<br> Dartmouth<br> </blockquote></div> --14dae9ccdd4e5c329104cbaa2dee--
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