Three Eagles Fighting For Fish Mid-air

By Steve Creek | Published February 15, 2013
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Three Bald Eagles Fighting Over A Fish

After one of the Bald Eagles grabbed a fish out of Paris City Lake here in Arkansas, two others showed up to try to take the fish away.

During the mid-air battle, the fish was dropped and if you look close you can see it in the photo. (It is between the three Bald Eagles but closer to the bottom Eagle.)

When competing for food, eagles will usually dominate other fish-eaters and scavengers, aggressively displacing mammals such as Coyotes and foxes, and birds such as corvids, gulls, vultures and other raptors.

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10 Comments

  1. Posted February 15, 2013 at 5:36 am by Maria Rosa | Permalink

    WOW What am amazing photo capture of these Eagles—and the fish

  2. Posted February 15, 2013 at 5:41 am by Steve Creek | Permalink

    Thank you! It was amazing to witness the action.

  3. Posted February 15, 2013 at 11:08 am by Sabine | Permalink

    WHAT an amazing shot! I love that you can clearly see the poor fish dangling there.

  4. Posted February 15, 2013 at 12:04 pm by Steve Creek | Permalink

    Thank you Sabine!

  5. Posted February 16, 2013 at 3:41 pm by jeffrey | Permalink

    so thats why they loose their hair

  6. Posted February 17, 2013 at 6:31 pm by Mia McPherson | Permalink

    Terrific action Steve!

  7. Posted February 18, 2013 at 1:16 am by Mary Creek | Permalink

    Drew was so impressed with this photo!! He just couldn’t believe you got to see three eagles all at once.

  8. Posted February 18, 2013 at 6:10 pm by Dennis Waters | Permalink

    Great photographs as usual

  9. Posted March 5, 2013 at 4:31 pm by Cindy H | Permalink

    I’m thinkin’ the only one really happy in this picture is the fish!
    Not many people are able to even SEE this type of action, let alone take a beautiful picture of it!

  10. Posted March 5, 2013 at 4:38 pm by Steve Creek | Permalink

    Thank you Cindy and I think your right about the fish.

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