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Originally Posted by flipper35

I worry about bald eagles here for small dogs and cats. We do have some 'yotes and fox around as well as wolves, but they stay mostly unseen.

The eagles come unseen, the rest have to come across some open fields.

A few years ago, I was at my mother's place in FL. I was looking out her back window towards the man-made lake behind her place. I saw something swoop down 2-3 times but didn't really see it. The last time, it grabbed a duck out of the water (full grown duck) and landed on the shore 15-20 feet from my mom's back door. It was a juvenile bald eagle. It grabbed a pretty big duck. Sat there for a few mins with us staring from her back porch. The duck would try to move every once in a while, but it was solidly pinned. After a few mins of standing there, it flew off and took the duck with it.

Impressive animals.