Feeding the Eagles! - Wildlife Gardeners

Staff · 09-10-2010, 10:25 AM

Feeding the Eagles!
By Online Monday, February 8, 2010
Comox, B.C., Vancouver Island , Jan. 2009

Feeding the Eagles!
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... bald eagles were cruising over our houses looking for helpless cats to make a quick meal. Some kind souls decided to feed the eagles down at Goose Spit so they would survive the cold spell.

Here’s what happened…. A former teaching colleague took these photos in front of his home.. They are incredible!

havalotta · 09-10-2010, 10:48 AM

I heard this was a farce or something some where but I don't recall where I had read it

Equilibrium · 09-11-2010, 01:56 PM

Looks pretty real to me and I've seen a large raptor take off with a cat before so that part's plausible. Did you check urban legends or maybe even snopes?

hazelnut · 09-11-2010, 08:18 PM

Sky burial: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article

In some cultures, scaffold burial was practiced. The body was tied to a tree and exposed on rock ledges specifically as an offering to birds of prey or Eagles.

havalotta · 09-12-2010, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by havalotta

I heard this was a farce or something some where but I don't recall where I had read it

You know what? Now that I'm thinking of it...
It was I that had put a link to that very same eagle feast quite a while ago from an e-mail someone had sent to me....
I would not be able to find the history of the story though as it was too far back...

Equilibrium · 09-12-2010, 09:56 PM

hava> I don't remember the link you put up but.... I found the farce!!! A chain e-mail went around saying a group of concerned IL citizens was trying to save helpless cats by feeding the eagles last winter. Some blogger posted the whole “heart warming” story including some of the original text about how bald eagles had been cruising over houses in Illinois looking for helpless cats to make a quick meal until the “concerned” Illinois citizens stepped in and began supplemental feeding. It had a wonderful ending…. hundreds of helpless kitties “saved” from big bad bald eagles until….. there was a reply the whole thing was a “farce” pointing out Illinois didn’t have any mountains like the ones showing up in the photos. This did happen….. only it happened in Vancouver Island BC not Harvard IL. Kinda funny how so many groups picked up on this “IL” story and started spreading it around the internet as hope for all free roaming kitties. hazelnut> Are you suggesting the eagles were being fed something other than fish??? Just kidding.

I'm liking sky burials even better than "green" burials and 500% better than traditional burials where we get pickled or incinerated, Cremation or Burial - Carbon Emissions and the Environment. If you think about it.... what a way to get yourself "recycled" that has next to no impact on the environment!!!

havalotta · 09-12-2010, 10:03 PM

Well I knew SOMETHING was not right with that one.
I just didn't remember what it was....

Thanks Equill..

09-10-2010, 10:48 AM	#2
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	I heard this was a farce or something some where but I don't recall where I had read it __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

09-11-2010, 01:56 PM	#3
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	Looks pretty real to me and I've seen a large raptor take off with a cat before so that part's plausible. Did you check urban legends or maybe even snopes? __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

09-12-2010, 09:56 PM	#6
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	hava> I don't remember the link you put up but.... I found the farce!!! A chain e-mail went around saying a group of concerned IL citizens was trying to save helpless cats by feeding the eagles last winter. Some blogger posted the whole “heart warming” story including some of the original text about how bald eagles had been cruising over houses in Illinois looking for helpless cats to make a quick meal until the “concerned” Illinois citizens stepped in and began supplemental feeding. It had a wonderful ending…. hundreds of helpless kitties “saved” from big bad bald eagles until….. there was a reply the whole thing was a “farce” pointing out Illinois didn’t have any mountains like the ones showing up in the photos. This did happen….. only it happened in Vancouver Island BC not Harvard IL. Kinda funny how so many groups picked up on this “IL” story and started spreading it around the internet as hope for all free roaming kitties. hazelnut> Are you suggesting the eagles were being fed something other than fish??? Just kidding. I'm liking sky burials even better than "green" burials and 500% better than traditional burials where we get pickled or incinerated, Cremation or Burial - Carbon Emissions and the Environment. If you think about it.... what a way to get yourself "recycled" that has next to no impact on the environment!!! __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

09-12-2010, 10:03 PM	#7
havalotta WG Prize & Gift Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Michigan	Well I knew SOMETHING was not right with that one. I just didn't remember what it was.... Thanks Equill.. __________________ The successful woman is the woman that had the chance and took it! A walk among the elusive Whitetail Deer

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09-11-2010, 08:18 PM	#4
hazelnut WG Writer Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greensboro, Alabama USA	Sky burial: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article In some cultures, scaffold burial was practiced. The body was tied to a tree and exposed on rock ledges specifically as an offering to birds of prey or Eagles.