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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050603040300070706000903 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Today my grandson and I were driving along River Philip and we saw an adult Bald Eagle trying to fly with a large fish / eel in its claws. It did not get very far off the water. It flew along the edge of the river and then disappeared from sight. We knew it had to have landed nearby so we pulled off the road and got out to look over the bank to the edge of the river. We saw three eagles, 2 adults and a juvenile. We heard some eagle talk and away flew an adult and the juvenile. We walked a little further on hoping to see the other adult. OUr chatter must have startled the adult and it lifted off with the prey from an unseen location. It flew across the river but was having a lot of difficulty, it could not get any altitude. Finally, not quite across, the eagle landed on the water. Some splashing took place, the prey may have been trying to escape or a grip was being adjusted. The eagle then settled into rowing itself to shore. We watched until it was on land but our poor eyesight and the distance prevented us from being sure the prey landed also. My grandson said that was 'quite a sight' and the best thing we've seen so far. He's been here from Victoria for 5 days. So I would say Bald Eagles are breeding at River Philip. Great sight. Virginia and Noah Port Howe NS They hang the man and flog the woman That steal the goose from off the common, But let the greater villain loose That steals the common from the goose. --------------050603040300070706000903 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Today my grandson and I were driving along River Philip and we saw an adult Bald Eagle trying to fly </font>with a large fish / eel in its claws. It did not get very far off the water. It flew along the edge of the river and then disappeared from sight. We knew it had to have landed nearby so we pulled off the road and got out to look over the bank to the edge of the river. We saw three eagles, 2 adults and a juvenile. We heard some eagle talk and away flew an adult and the juvenile. We walked a little further on hoping to see the other adult. OUr chatter must have startled the adult and it lifted off with the prey from an unseen location. It flew across the river but was having a lot of difficulty, it could not get any altitude. Finally, not quite across, the eagle landed on the water. Some splashing took place, the prey may have been trying to escape or a grip was being adjusted. The eagle then settled into rowing itself to shore. We watched until it was on land but our poor eyesight and the distance prevented us from being sure the prey landed also. <br> My grandson said that was 'quite a sight' and the best thing we've seen so far. He's been here from Victoria for 5 days.<br> So I would say Bald Eagles are breeding at River Philip. <br> Great sight.<br> Virginia and Noah<br> Port Howe NS<br> <br> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">They hang the man and flog the woman That steal the goose from off the common, But let the greater villain loose That steals the common from the goose.</pre> </body> </html> --------------050603040300070706000903--
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