Decorah North :A very determined DNF to get raccoon to the nest (explore.org 04 26 2021)

04 26 2021
10 20a, CT = A very determined DNF (Decorah North Female) to get raccoon to the nest
challenge of an eagle flying with heavy prey.
Courtesy of Raptor Resource Project
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[@tamaragonzalez2227]

He was not about to give up. Amazing he was able to get it to the nest...That was quite a heavy animal for a Eagle to carry. What magnificent birds they are.

[@cappystrano1]

That was a Costco trip, groceries for the whole month baby! The eagles like “ yeah I had coupons!”

[@ralphsanchico2452]

Mother Eagle: "Your Fadda wuz suppose to pick me up at COSCO"s, Where is he"? Baby Eagles: "He went with the Hawks to the sports bar"

[@armywidow6004]

😄😄

[@nrgltwrkr2225]

Wow! What a lesson in never giving up!

[@edisonmoore3082]

Wow, good job mom 🦅💜

[@diannenaworensky6698]

AWSOME VIDEO !!! Shows how determined a Mother Eagle can be !! 🦅♥️🦅

[@Oakcorn]

Poor DNF! I didn't realize raccoon was that big compared to the BE

[@mariaparra7138]

It’s amazing how’s she’s flight with a heavy ? Good job 👏👏👏👏🙏🦅🌟🌟🌟🌟mommy

[@lindaw2165]

She's probably wishing they didn't have the penthouse apartment for once!

[@1DonnaElaine]

Wow. I bet she was tired after that. Lol

[@0Suz0]

That was incredible!

[@salinwa7105]

I’m exhausted just watching that. Wow! Raccoons can be very big. We had a HUGE one waddle across our front yard last week. We’ve got lots of eagles here. I would never have figured them to take something so big. That’s amazing.

[@Lonesome__Dove]

That coon looked like it had been ate on a bit or it was roadkill. Great work by the eagle. That'll give em all full crops

[@armywidow6004]

Mom.hadbstopped at one point and started in zipping it and ate a bit of it.

[@keemjohnson8863]

I agree, definitely road kill

[@tmothymccutcheon7432]

What a BEAUTIFUL EAGLE

[@wdwerker]

I remember seeing a picture of an eagle that latched it’s talons into a huge salmon and it couldn’t fly with it. Eagle drowned before it could get loose. Fish and bird washed up on a gravel bank.

[@joannleichliter4308]

Some folks in Upstate NY have a video of a bald eagle "swimming," literally towing a Canada goose through the water on a lake (propels self with wing) to an outcropping. In the Missouri River near Omaha a few years ago, fishermen rescued an immature bald eagle which had caught a fish too heavy for it.

[@DougHinVA]

this is real Nature... stark and no jokes and no spoken language. Wild animals kill to eat or eat what is found dead. It's that simple. Humans are very different and part of why humans attribute 'human-like- motivations to animals (including cats and dogs).

[@joannleichliter4308]

We kill to eat, too, or scavange. Only most city people don't do it themselves; they hire it done, so to speak.

[@mysonandme8424]

Everyone should feel the same when some other parent bird takes an eaglet outta the nest to feed to their children. It's all the same.

[@mmm091000]

Where was this filmed looks amazing ?

[@noapology88]

It almost looks as if the eagle sorta forgot where the nest is.

[@lyndatruitt4245]

Wow that's awesome

[@loridori7862]

I’d love to know if she killed that raccoon? Not an easy task I’m sure. Way to go Mom! Ur extremely determined!!!

[@goldwolf0606]

Jab a raccoon with 4 claws... then you will have your answer,

[@peggyishereify]

wow amazing thank you

[@daffyd5867]

Final result is only a part of the racoon....must have ripped off a chunk to make it more manageable

[@stacyboudreau123]

Good job mom 😊

[@WaynesAdventure]

Eating good in the neighborhood

[@willgraham8878]

I'm just surprised that a Bald Eagle would tackle such formidable foe as an adult raccoon (maybe it was a young raccoon?)! Very few dogs one on one can kill an adult male raccoon. They fight like small bears!!! Too bad you didn't see the eagle taking down the raccoon in their original fight.

[@yanabo7220]

Road kill?

[@joannleichliter4308]

Might have been scavanged.

[@marizasilva4143]

Eita não sei como ela conseguiu 🦅💕💕💕💕

[@zonrey2781]

Well done, mom.

[@ci_a]

freedom , , , , , , , , ,

[@peggyishereify]

My thought, maybe eat half then fly it up?

[@exessex3522]

That's what the eagle did. Ate a lot and took up what was left.

[@sandym3186]

I thought they were better than that . They are supposed to fly with fish what a difference maybe the weight

[@mikeyshouseofbrakes8463]

Should have called Grub Hub...

[@cababyboomerq6012]

Hard to see that poor raccoon be food though.

[@ravensanchez777]

She is determined!!

[@austin1839]

Just imagine the amount of energy she had to expend to get that Raccoon up to the nest?

[@socal20001]

She'll need that protien to replenish what was lost during the transport!

[@europaeuropa3673]

That racoon probably doubled his/her normal flying weight. The bald eagle has tremendous lifting capability up to almost 15 pounds, but normally only about 7-8 pounds.

[@pascale_eagles]

What a determined and loving 🥰 mom ❤️❤️❤️

[@autodidact2499]

Looks like roadkill to me.

[@1929modelagirl]

And to think that eagles are accused of carrying away lambs and decimating flocks. . . Yeah, right

[@seabrook1976]

I have a Mr. Golden Eagle on line 2.....something about bullshit.

[@rogercampbell7291]

Too bad Eagles don't come out at night, i got a lot of raccoons in my are for them to eat 🦅

[@jw6180]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Slopoketurtle]

I think that’s papa 😉

[@ummuhammed7691]

لا تستسلم النسر فريسة كبيرة وثقيلة وظل يحاول عدة مرات حتى أحضرها للفراخ سبحان الخالق العظيم البديع القدير 🥰💕

[@williewaset]

So...no Guardians of the Galaxy 3 eh?

[@thefemias]

WOW 👏 😮

[@tcoleman8665]

That was one big RK raccoon! Wowza!

[@faisalkhaan3079]

Hard work 🤗🤗🤗😏😏😏

[@suninmoon4601]

My kingdom for a stiff headwind 😅

[@gordec]

The chicks are like mom went to Costco, should've taken the SUV.

[@committedfathers]

That meal was Heavy ...

[@marlenegarcia957]

Fenómenal

[@Herbster41]

That was impressive. Was that Mom or Dad. Just curious.

[@lizzygeaglespirit2440]

DNF (Decorah North Female)

[@joannleichliter4308]

Females are larger, so looks like mom.