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| Bald Eagle in Action (Beautiful/Magestic) |
| 2017-06-23 |
[FoxNews] A man fishing in British Columbia Friday managed to capture a slow-motion video of an eagle swooping down and taking the bait he was about to use to catch fish. Ashton Phillips was trying to take a picture of the bald eagle circling his boat, but instead of getting a great picture, he watched as it took away with salmon. "I saw this one eagle kind of circling and it was along the shoreline, so I took out my camera to snap a picture of it," said Phillips. "All of a sudden out of nowhere, it started heading toward the boat," he told CTV News. Phillips had been cutting salmon strips to bait halibut with when the bird started circling. He had left pieces on the boat’s motor in order to take out his camera. "I didn’t even realize it was coming for the big chunk of salmon until obviously it snagged it and flew off," he said. "It was a pretty surreal experience." After watching the video, Phillips posted it to Facebook and it went viral. It was watched over 1.1 million times and shared 26,000 times, being described as "beautiful" and "epic." Phillips was surprised at the reactions and attention the video received. "Everybody’s been very, very positive about it," he said. "I thought maybe people would start saying, ’well, you guys baited it, you’re feeding the wildlife,’ but we didn’t. And it hasn’t gone down the negative road, so it’s nice to see people just really enjoyed the video." Phillips is a co-owner of Crab Park Chowdery in Vancouver. |
| Posted by:Thaith Creng2729 |
| #6 just watched one yesterday" scoop and eat in flight", they truly are "Pigs" of the sky.... majestic Pigs |
| Posted by: 746 2017-06-23 12:20 |
| #5 Visited San Juan Island in Puget Sound in 1992, found many dozens of bald eagles scavenging a large number of dead salmon along the shoreline. First ones I had ever seen. Up until about 1980 I had not seen even a single raptor on my travels all over the USA. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-06-23 12:00 |
| #4 Saw a video a year or so ago showing a guy feeding bald eagles on a fishing boat in Alaska. There were dozens of them on the deck, snacking up fish as he threw them out. It was pretty amazing to watch. Here it is - mind the audio volume: |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-06-23 08:30 |
| #3 Eagles recovered from their low in a grand fashion. On a hunting trip in MT a couple years ago, the guides (who I have used for several years) had started referring to them as "sky-otes", they were so common. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2017-06-23 05:33 |
| #2 I had a similar experience fishing the West Canada Creek in the Adirondak Mountains. A Bald Eagle flew down the river and suddenly dropped down right in front of me. It took me a moment to realise it had seen my spinning lure in the water. I stopped reeling it in. The eagle checked its dive and flew on. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-06-23 05:07 |
| #1 "Salmon strips to bait halibut" ? Is this common? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2017-06-23 04:46 |