<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Alan,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I'm pleased to see your report because on the many occasions I've observed eagles hunting near Sheridan Beach (Lake Forest Park) I've wondered why on earth the coots don't immediately head for cover under the docks, of which there are many. Perhaps this is newly learned behavior? </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">For what it's worth, often enough the eagles tire of dive bombing and return to their perches empty handed, so to speak. This drama also plays out regularly in Andrews Bay (near Seward Park), where there are no docks.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Tom Dorrance</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 1:28 PM pan via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:13px"><div>Tweets,</div><div><br></div><div>I, too, have seen eagles hunting coots and other diving birds on Lake Washington. A few times, though, I've seen the prey outfox the eagles at Magnuson Park. When an eagle was working a coot flock, the coots would move under the swim/dive dock on short supports off shore, and mill in the middle until the eagle gave up and danger passed. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Alan Grenon</div><div>Seattle</div><div><br></div><div>panmail AT mailfence period com</div><div><br></div></div><br><br>-- <br>Sent with <a href="https://mailfence.com" target="_blank">https://mailfence.com</a> <br>Secure and private email<br>_______________________________________________<br>
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