Bald Eagle Chasing Cormorant

A Bald Eagle harassing a Double-crested Cormorant on the Allegheny River at Manorville, Pennsylvania, on December 16, 2017.

[@lachlanbell8390]

Whoa, I've never seen an eagle hover like that! Seen plenty of hawks doing it above fields, but I always thought eagles were too big & heavy. Amazing.

[@Zlist1994]

the amount of energy and persistence from the eagle is amazing!

[@HanginInSF]

Best way to hunt a submarine is with a plane. That's what I learned.

[@monbreau7306]

Best way or most waste of time?

[@richp5321]

I witnessed a Bald Eagle grabbing a trout out of the Allegheny River a few years ago. One of the most amazing things Ive ever seen.

[@georgehunter2813]

What a surprise. The eagle hit the water, but returned airborne. Thought only ospreys could do that.

[@remyogun8270]

Seriously!? That’s what I also Have read. Seems like researchers make a lot of assumptions. I’ve also never seen them even hover for that matter. I guess it would make sense that they would have similar capabilities, seeing as how they live in similar habitats and both hunt fish.

[@naturalreach4316]

Wonderful video buddy

[@VenusEvan_1885]

He hunts like hawks hovering like that, the eagle is learning from hawks.

[@theressamurphy2996]

Never seen our eagles going after our cormorants at the lake.

[@TD-np6ze]

Where is this?

[@piitii8141]

i've seen a team of two bald eagles repeatedly diving at an isolated goose as it drifted downriver unable to take off. they are something.

[@EmilianoLoconsolo]

Amazing.... Cormorants are so agile underwater...

[@spelunkerd]

I once saw an eagle take a cormorant in full flight, a few feet off the water. It was over in less than a second, no struggle. In a fresh water lake like this, presumably the eagle could see the cormorant swimming so could time his attack. Normally in the ocean, diving ducks like the cormorant have an easy escape, compared to dabbling ducks that must take to the air quickly.

[@remyogun8270]

Cormorants are not ducks…

[@Sherrie77722]

WOW the eagle doesn't give up. They are so amazing. Good job getting the chase. Did the eagle ever get it or did it finally fly away?

[@Loachie90]

He’s still waiting to this day

[@smgdfcmfah]

I'm shocked the cormorants are still around once the snow flies. Our Eagles tend to head south a little late, but the cormorants are gone much earlier.

[@Senegal01]

Comorant was on the menu and that eagle wasn't to give up on dinner, not sure if the eagle would have the power to lift it out of the water, and first time I have seen a eagle hover like a North Harrier!

[@sirbader1]

Salmon weigh more than cormorants.

[@smgdfcmfah]

Birds are notoriously light for their size. I just came from a video where an Eagle flies off with an adult Canadian goose - just larger than a cormorant!

[@JEANBARNOT69]

Cormoran would win hands down if the battle was engaged in the water.

[@WorkCookEat]

awesome capture..

[@ChosenWon]

Great video.

[@bruceyoung8036]

Very cool footage

[@hendangchannel]

Very nice...

[@koof1776]

Wtf is Cormorant?

[@jdismyrealname5642]

It's a bird

[@9Crow]

it what birds do for fun

[@golfandhike5598]

Same time next week Ernie? Yep but get your claws trimmed. That last one hurt.

[@user-nr6bl1ob4w]

روعه قمت الجمال

[@MarcioCostacantor]

Boa noite... estamos por aqui em apoio.... conto com você também em meus trabalhos.

[@duniahewanaviaryliar]

Salam satu langit friends 🇮🇩

[@jayconyaneza5091]

What is a "cormorant?" Where is it?

[@jayconyaneza5091]

@@Steves_fish Saw it already, thanks! Fish with a name that sounds like a legal or political term. 😁

[@jayconyaneza5091]

@@Steves_fish Oh, a diving bird like a seagull.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@@jayconyaneza5091 Except that sea gulls don't swim under water to catch fish.

[@123TauruZ321]

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 More like penguins.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@@123TauruZ321 😅😂🤣. No, not penguins at all because of course penguins don't fly. More like several other birds that do dive for fish under the general term of Sea birds, which includes such birds as gannets, murres, terns and other bird groups as well