bald eagle attack with good ending

[ajplmama]

I haven't posted here in a while but I thought I'd share this story.

Getting close to dusk one evening a bald eagle came into the barn yard and grabbed one of our muscovies. The eagle tried to take off and I think was surprised by the weight and settled back down to get a better grip. One of our dogs attacked the eagle and it let go of the duck. After a struggle the eagle flew off wounded. The dog had some pretty deep scratches on her chest.

The duck was unable to use one leg for about a week and my husband carried him around to be with the other ducks and brought him food and water. I wasn;t able to find an abvious broken bone. Eventually he started hobbling around and now you can;t tell him from the other ducks! the dog is fine too. We're not so sure about the eagle but we know he's not been coming around our barn yard since.

 

[keeperofthehearth]

Yea!!! Glad for the happy ending. I'll have to remember your story. We have Golden Eagles around here but I haven't seen one in our neighborhood for over a year. You never know when one may decide to move on into our area though and our Scovies free range. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ajplmama]

The chickens all run for cover whenever a bird of prey flies overhead. For whatever reason the ducks don't. They're easy pickings.

 

[goosedragon]

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That is why you need some geese, very good sky watchers and their size is enough to make most birds of prey think twice.