Golden Eagle versus Red Fox

I got these images in an email a few days ago, taken with cell phone by a hunter (no name given) in Montana. Oh, to have been witness to such an event!

#2
Isn't this awesome?

#3

#4

#5, the final photo

I'm not sure I would have wanted to witness it, but it is an incredible fight for survival. That snow makes it hard for any of the animals to find food easily. It's interesting that the Magpies (I think that's what they are) continued to sit and watch.

That is amazing! Thanks for posting it tiger!

That is something!!!

Get a load of the foxes expression in pic #2 it's like "oh crap that thing is HUGE"

Did the eagle actually take off with the fox?

LOL Jen, yes you really have to feel bad for the fox.

These are from a 3 second clip on You Tube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li6BfjygrYQ&feature=related

click on replay if you missed it ...it pops up real fast and is done!

Where it originated or when is not stated. But the post is dated 2008.

The very last clip on Youtube looks like the eagle dropped him.

Wow, pretty good pics to be taken by a cell phone! I'll bet the fight was loud, too. I wonder if the fox decided to give up the carcass?

Hack

This is very interesting! I did some "googling" and found that the original photos were taken in Finland in 2006.
See this link... http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/eaglefox.asp
Click on the highlighted word "series", and it will take you to the photos. They are a good bit better quality on this link and you can see more detail.

I watched the video. The next video was an old film where hunters trained multiple eagles to hunt down and kill a fox and then a full sized wolf. It looks like an old film from the 70's. I dont neccessarily agree with it but that is amazing that two birds could kill a wolf.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iP-N5uND9Q&feature=fvw

The photos were actually taken with a Canon 20D and a 300mm lens.
http://www.tarsiger.com/gallery/index.php?pic_id=komi1142612071&lang=fin

This message was edited Jan 29, 2010 2:52 PM

wow ! , I didn't get a picture but yesterday a red tailed hawk almost took our cat lily right off the top of our bench swing she escaped by running and diving under our car . I was surprized that a hawk would go after a cat her size ( she is a little , lets say , generous in size )

Awesome pictures. Thanks for posting them.

That is amazing. Enjoyed beyond. Thank you.

They certainly are much nicer on the website!
Click on the link below for many more pages of photos.


http://www.tarsiger.com/gallery/index.php?sp=pic_id&lang=eng

wow totally amazing

Thanks for that last link Tiger! There is a shot of a Northern Goshawk with a crow or magpie cant tell, but the image help's with me learning to identify this bird if/when I see one.