bald eagle scavenger?

[StraitUpSlayen1]

 

 

Trail camera over deer carcass got over 75 pics of this guy in the last month. Date is wrong these were all taken january 2014. thought it was pretty sweet never seen an eagle trail camera pic before. 

[Pygmy]

Very nice pictures...

Yes, they are scavengers...

My buddy in Alaska, who worked most of his life as a commercial fisherman, calls them "white headed buzzards"..

I figure a bird has a right to make a living however he can....<<grin>>....

[Jeremy K]

We got one on the trail camera where we hunt.We have night time pics of the yotes leaving that carcass there too.

[Geno C]

wow those are some awesome pics

 

[G-Man]

that is why ben franklin didnt want the bald eagle as the symbol of our country, he prefered a falcon, but made a statment in protest of the eagle that has been misconstrued to this day. paraphrased" if your going to pick a scavenger as the eagle , i would rather have a wild turkey as the national symbol as it is a devoted parent to its young." and people thought he thus wanted the turkey.....sarcasm lost on as many back then as it is today...?

[JALA RUT]

Nice pics...It is a scavenger yet looks so graceful and majestic

[Terry]

Awesome pics!

Are they solely scavengers or are they more opportunistic?

[skyhunter]

nice light in that last eagle pic. congrats

[rotorooter23]

pretty sweet

[ants]

Nice pics…I guess an easy meal is an easy meal..

[stevenjackson]

sweet, nice catches

[greg54]

Great pics