greatwestern
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LAST EDITED ON Apr-27-14 AT 08:05PM (MST)[p]So this ram didn't appear to be feeling too well, he'd peeled off by himself and hadn't moved much for a few days. One afternoon a golden eagle kept bombing him whenever he was on his feet, and the ram would kinda weakly try and butt the bird as it swooped close
Eagle finally seemed to lose interest and soared off, so the ram bedded down...few minutes later the eagle hovers down the face above the ram a few feet off the ground and lands 30-40 feet behind him. Eagle then proceeded to stalk ram on foot until he'd gotten right right up on him
Eagle then kinda furtively probed ram with his beak in a way that looked like he was going to try to start feeding on him, whereupon the ram lurched to his feet and tried to butt the bird that was now scrambling to take flight. Ram watched eagle fly off and then plopped right back down where he was laying, but this time surveying the way the wily raptor had snuck in on him
It was pretty wild...wish I had better photos, or better still, some video
Eagle finally seemed to lose interest and soared off, so the ram bedded down...few minutes later the eagle hovers down the face above the ram a few feet off the ground and lands 30-40 feet behind him. Eagle then proceeded to stalk ram on foot until he'd gotten right right up on him
Eagle then kinda furtively probed ram with his beak in a way that looked like he was going to try to start feeding on him, whereupon the ram lurched to his feet and tried to butt the bird that was now scrambling to take flight. Ram watched eagle fly off and then plopped right back down where he was laying, but this time surveying the way the wily raptor had snuck in on him
It was pretty wild...wish I had better photos, or better still, some video