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Originally Posted by Brian in VA

Saw these while kayaking the other day.
Peregrine falcon hunting

Eagle - he/she swooped down and stole a fish later

Very cool. I was at my mother's house in FL a couple of summers ago. She's got a man-made pond/lake out her back door. We were just sitting there in the morning relaxing when I saw something big swoop low over the lake a couple of times. Her lake is usually full of several kinds of ducks and other birds. I stood up to go see what it was just in time to see a juvenile bald eagle grab a full grow duck that was sitting in the water. It grabbed the duck and carried it to the shore 20' from my mothers back door. It landed and stood on the duck for 30 secs, and then eventually flew off with the duck. It was a pretty impressive sight.

I just moved from a suburb of Houston and used to see various hawks and small (compared to eagles) birds of prey catch dinner. Amazing creatures. Thanks for posting.