Weather and Bird Questions

[Cornhusker]

According to the Game Commission for the first time we are seeing arctic owls in Nebraska. I had never seen one until Sunday when I saw 2 when I was pheasant hunting. Man what a really beautiful large bird.

I have a question I wonder if anyone would have an idea about. We have for the last decade had a large number of bald eagles on the river and lakes they've kind of become common place. This year we have quite a few golden eagles now those things are big in comparison.

Sunday I watched a golden eagle pick up a dried cow pie fly to a couple hundred feet and drop it come down and pick at it. The eagle probably did this between 10 and 15 times with different cow pies, why does a carnivore pick up crap and drop it? I'm really curious and can't seem to come up with the answer on the internet. Stuff like this always happens when you don't have a camera.

 

[overton]

Either he or she wanted to build a fire with the dried pies or it was eating the dung beetles.

 

[Cornhusker]

The rancher told me he/she was breaking them open for dung beetles which I've seen in Africa, but never around here. I guess I should check more cow crap. I figured the guy didn't know what he was talking about.

 

[BuckSnort]

Sounds like that rancher really knows his Shiit..

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[tailchasers]

Geezzz Snort, that's a crappy joke and plain out stinks.

"Courage is being scared to death but saddling
up anyway."

 

[eelgrass]

I've lost all respect for the golden eagle, a bird I held in high regard.

Eel

 

[Gator]

That bird was trying to hit mice with those pies.LOL
I have a snow owl that was taken by my great grandpa they are awesome to look at.

"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".
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[NeMont]

We have more snowy owls here than I ever remember.

The golden eagle was eating something. I have watch ducks by thousands pick through the cow crap in feedlots for corn.

Nemont

 

[Thunderclapper]

LAST EDITED ON Jan-05-12 AT 07:37PM (MST)[p]Maybe it's a newer version of "Monkeys throwing poo at celebrities."

 

[Gator]

Up in SD they are seeing record numbers of them this year.They sure are a beautiful bird, But hell on wheels for killing evrything around.

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[huntindad4]

When I was. A kid I used to flip cow pies for earth worms for fish bait so maybe he was eating earth worms?

EARTH WORMS SNORT! EARTH WORMS.

Bill

Kill the buck that makes YOU happy!