Eagle Cam

[SitFlyer]

A Scottish Golden Eagle fitted with moveable web cameras shows how the bird flies, catches food and performs its aero stunts.

[KvHagedorn]

It would be fun to be an eagle..

[ZokesPro]

Wow, cool!!

Indeed it would be fun to be an eagle.

[az]

Very cool, and yes, it would be very cool to be an eagle, too.

(But they again portray the wrights as the first motored flyers, which isn't true)

AZ

[Dr Mordrid]

I'd rather be an American Great Horned Owl. They're the Stealth Bombers of the bird world.

http://www.owlpages.com/species/bubo/virginianus/Default.htm

Hunting & Food:

Great Horned Owls hunt by perching on snags and poles and watching for prey, or by gliding slowly above the ground. From high perches they dive down to the ground with wings folded, before snatching prey. Prey are usually killed instantly when grasped by its large talons.

A Great Horned Owl may take prey 2 to 3 times heavier than itself. They also hunt by walking on the ground to capture small prey or wading into water to snatch frogs and fish. They have been known to walk into chicken coops to take domestic fowl.

Rodents and small rabbits can be swallowed whole while larger prey are carried off and ripped apart at feeding perches or at the nest. Birds are often plucked first, and legs and wing tips discarded.

An extremely wide range of prey species (at least 253 identified) are captured, but rabbits and hares are its preferred prey.

Mammalian prey includes all coexisting rodents, squirrels, mink, skunks, raccoons, armadillos, porcupines, domestic cats and dogs, shrews, moles, muskrats, and bats.

Bird prey includes all other Owls (except Snowy Owl), grouse, woodpeckers, crows, turkeys, pigeons, Red-tailed Hawks, bitterns, Great Blue Heron, ducks, swans, gulls, etc.

Reptiles include snakes, turtles, lizards, and young alligators. Amphibians include frogs, toads, and salamanders.

Other foods include fish, large insects, scorpions, centipedes, crayfish, worms, spiders, and road killed animals.

Basically; if it moves, is in range and the G. H Owl thinks there is a even a slight chance it can win it'll attack.

Dr. Mordrid

[az]

You know Dr. Mordrid, not everything in life is a contest.

AZ

[ZokesPro]

Just being able to fly like an eagle would be cool.

[Dr Mordrid]

Originally posted by az
You know Dr. Mordrid, not everything in life is a contest.

AZ

Didn't say it was. I just said I'd rather be an owl and why.

Dr. Mordrid

[KvHagedorn]

Well, if I could fly, I would rather do it in the daytime so I could enjoy the view.

Plus, eagles are bigger and cooler-looking.

[Dr Mordrid]

While others do their best work at night, or at least in the dark

Dr. Mordrid