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saw an Eagle (not the Philly kind) yesterday out on the river

True story... years ago there was a raptor conference in State College. Two busloads of folks went down to Benner Springs hatchery and had no sooner got out and about and an Osprey was flying up the stream holding a trout. Just as everyone was wowing an Eagle flies right into the Osprey and knocks the fish loose and it falls to the ground. Now the crowd is completely freaking out and someone asks my friend , who was the hatchery manager if this happened all the time. My friend calmly said.... "it took a couple calls". One of my favorite stories ever
 
Counting four eagles now in just over two weeks. This one was carrying something as it flew away directly in front of car. Thought it was going to perch but flew up road no more than ten feet off ground for probably 200 yards. After searching for what it dropped I found a possum picked clean from tip of tail to ribs. I would bet this was same one I saw dead about a quarter mile down road this weekend.
 
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