Golden Eagles fighting
(Finland, February 2008)
![]() Immature eagle. |
![]() The raised neck-feathers shows that a competitor is near |
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![]() Suddenly it is a mess of feathers and snow - (the camera-lens was way too large here). |
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![]() The younger bird try to protect it's prey |
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![]() but the newly arrived, a bit older bird, finds it's own meal |
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![]() The newly arrived is an older immature, probably a 5cy bird. |
![]() The older eagle fly away with the prey - a Snow-hare |
![]() Later in the day it returns on long legs to investigate another young eagle with prey. |
![]() Here an adult eagle is checking out an immature eagle. |
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![]() The adult eagle moves to another place |
![]() But the younger bird follows, |
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![]() and the fight breaks out. |
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