Bald eagles are not worm-pickers. Fish, song birds and smaller raptors, mammals, and carrion are staples of their diets. (Worked at a raptor rehab center: never got to work with the baby eagles, but the fledgling owls were my favorites to hand feed.)
It is not a criticism to point out misconceptions of any kind. Truth and its pursuit should be the higher goal, not the propagation of errors like this one. Bald Eagles eating worms? Seriously? I thought bird was an american symbol!
Even if the eagle was providing regurgitated worms, I don’t think I would argue. That mom looks like she is one complaint away from teaching her brood how to fly, all at the same time.
Linux0s over 11 years ago
There’s always a critic…
emjaycee over 11 years ago
Bald eagles are not worm-pickers. Fish, song birds and smaller raptors, mammals, and carrion are staples of their diets. (Worked at a raptor rehab center: never got to work with the baby eagles, but the fledgling owls were my favorites to hand feed.)
jack fairbanks over 11 years ago
aah, yer mutha was a three-toed grebe!
battle of plattsburgh over 11 years ago
If you don’t want to become extinct, you’ll eat what I give you, and like it.
clacou over 11 years ago
It is not a criticism to point out misconceptions of any kind. Truth and its pursuit should be the higher goal, not the propagation of errors like this one. Bald Eagles eating worms? Seriously? I thought bird was an american symbol!
jonesb over 11 years ago
Eagles don’t regurgitate anything, they feed meat torn off the carcass.
chromosome Premium Member over 11 years ago
Baby eagle = Beagle?
Jeff0811 over 11 years ago
Even if the eagle was providing regurgitated worms, I don’t think I would argue. That mom looks like she is one complaint away from teaching her brood how to fly, all at the same time.