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packman

(16,296 posts) Mon Sep 5, 2016, 12:37 PM Sep 2016

Bald Eagle doing the breast stroke -

Eagles can swim? Learning sometin' new every day.

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Bald Eagle doing the breast stroke - (Original Post) packman Sep 2016 OP

They subsist on fish, do they not? backscatter712 Sep 2016 #1

It's just like flying only a lot slower! lunatica Sep 2016 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Sep 2016 #3

That is one very determined bird. In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #4

"Get back here, you little brat!" BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2016 #5

It's breaststroke NOT breast stroke harley_weewax Sep 2016 #6

Ha- First post is about a breast stroke packman Sep 2016 #7

Maybe In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #8

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

1. They subsist on fish, do they not?

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Mon Sep 5, 2016, 01:08 PM

Sep 2016

They can snatch a trout right out of the water, no?

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

2. It's just like flying only a lot slower!

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Mon Sep 5, 2016, 03:17 PM

Sep 2016

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In_The_Wind

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4. That is one very determined bird.

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Tue Sep 6, 2016, 06:09 AM

Sep 2016

Bald Eagle swimming to shore with a Coot for lunch..Immature Eagle takes Coot, Kelowna BC

Published on Feb 2, 2013
On January 30, 2013, a bald eagle slammed into the water, in front of our home on Okanagan Lake, Kelowna, BC Canada. He had caught a coot for lunch. After a couple of tries to takeoff (fly) he was unable to and decided to "swim" to shore. The eagle made it to shore, started to have lunch, then an immature eagle showed up to ruin his day and take his lunch! All of that hard swimming to have his lunch taken away.