Quote Originally Posted by snapdragen
When I was on Kodiak Island, the lady showing us around called the eagles garbage birds! We were shocked, until she explained they hung out by the fish processing plants, waiting for the guts and goodies to be thrown out. Talk about your easy hunting....
Funny. People do have an issue with that when they find out. This large, majestic bird that is one of the symbols of our country...is really largely a scavenger that prefers hanging out and waiting for food.

I always though the approach was so smart. Why waste energy hunting it down when you can just go to the packing plant or wait for the salmon to die all on their own? Those kinglets work so hard all winter long, and they end up losing something like 20-30% of their body weight EACH NIGHT, only to have to gain it back in order to survive the sub-freezing temps.

y (former bird nerd, owner of many pairs of binoculars and scopes, been away from it for some time)