Redtails and Bald Eagles

Bald Eagle with fish over Central Park - 12/27/06
Photo by Lincoln Karim
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A few days ago I posted Lincoln Karim's remarkable photo of a Bald Eagle doing a fly-by of Pale Male who was perched at that moment on a tower of the Beresford [Central Park West and 81st Street.]. The eagle was carrying a fish that John Blakeman identified as a striped bass.

The posting about the eagle fly-by elicited some interesting comments from John Blakeman. He noted that red-tails usually prefer to stay put, rather than confront a bird so much bigger than they are .

Here is a link to Ben Cacace's blog, where you can read his comments about Bald Eagles over Central Park, and also see a photo that seems to contradict Blakeman's idea that red-tails will not challenge Bald Eagles.


http://novahunter.blogspot.com/2006/12/
red-tailed-hawk-vs-bald-eagle-ii.html