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Two male bald eagles made the News Makers Line boil over Monday in the Portland area where they took their differences into a cottonwood tree near Southeast 55th and Division before 9am. I received reports from Oregon Birders Online, a birding website where local birders can post current sightings. I watched over the reports through breakfast and afterwards to find out if they were going to stay put long enough for me to make a nearly 30 minute drive over to the scene. It became apparent that I had a good chance so, I grabbed my gear and headed over there. I arrived just before 11:30.
The two were locked up by the talons. Experts say one of the two may have sunk one of it's sets of claws into the other's leg.
These guys are in the midst of a fight. every once in a while I would see a crow and hear calls, this would make the eagles more lively.
Here, the eagle dangling upside down is seen with part of the upright eagle's wing in it's mouth
Dude, The cherry picker is here! You'd better knock this stuff off and move on.
Did they take off? No, the battle rages on like never before
It becomes apparent that the eagle dangling on the bottom is digging deep with it's beak into the flesh of top eagle, close to it's left eye
Crews work diligently to use the picker to reach the fighting pair by staging operations in a driveway in order to break up the mayhem. Eventually the bucket starts to raise slowly, stopping a couple of short moments to assess the situation
This was the last photo that I took. As you can see the eagle has pulled his beak out from his rival and notices the encroaching bucket. In a flash, the two birds release grips and fly away right afterwards. This was the moment that I saw coming and had to put the camera down and take it all in.
Chad
The two were locked up by the talons. Experts say one of the two may have sunk one of it's sets of claws into the other's leg.
These guys are in the midst of a fight. every once in a while I would see a crow and hear calls, this would make the eagles more lively.
Here, the eagle dangling upside down is seen with part of the upright eagle's wing in it's mouth
Dude, The cherry picker is here! You'd better knock this stuff off and move on.
Did they take off? No, the battle rages on like never before
It becomes apparent that the eagle dangling on the bottom is digging deep with it's beak into the flesh of top eagle, close to it's left eye
Crews work diligently to use the picker to reach the fighting pair by staging operations in a driveway in order to break up the mayhem. Eventually the bucket starts to raise slowly, stopping a couple of short moments to assess the situation
This was the last photo that I took. As you can see the eagle has pulled his beak out from his rival and notices the encroaching bucket. In a flash, the two birds release grips and fly away right afterwards. This was the moment that I saw coming and had to put the camera down and take it all in.
Chad
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