Eagle and crow see eye to eye over dead deer.
Mary Ellen witnessed quite the scene yesterday at the Cow Island Pond stretch of the Charles River off Rivermoor Street in West Roxbury, after rushing over on reports coyotes chased down a deer onto the ice - only to scattered, possibly after one of them also up and died. And that left the newly deceased deer available as some fresh buffet for some scavenger birds, including, yes, the noble bald eagle (who was joined by a mate:
I was told that yesterday afternoon at CIP coyotes chased down a deer This is the carcass. Ravens, crows and eagles also got a snack. There is also a dead coyote (I believe - it's far) on the ice. Must have been like Wild Kingdom.
She reports this morning that the coyote carcass so far remains untouched. But for how long?
Buffet video (caveat: it shows birds munching on the newly dead deer):
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Is this an omen?
By SwirlyGrrl
Sat, 01/18/2025 - 10:33am
If so, what does it portend?
(I realize this is just nature being nature but my neolithic monkey brain just goes there)
Something about the state of the nation?
By Lee
Sat, 01/18/2025 - 10:56am
And the possibility that hell is freezing over thus necessitating the move of the inauguration indoors.
Curious about the untouched coyote
By Irma la Douce
Sat, 01/18/2025 - 11:38am
I’d be interested in updates about the coyote carcass. Per Ranger Planet, many birds are opportunistic consumers of coyote flesh, and a few species are even active predators (golden eagles, for one).
They'll get to it...
By lbb
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 12:09pm
...once they're done with the tasty and already partly dismembered deer.
Oof… nature
By MassMouse
Sat, 01/18/2025 - 12:24pm
Oof… nature
Synchronicity
By FakeBostonCharlie
Sat, 01/18/2025 - 3:24pm
This plus the coming unpleasantness in DC plus the death of David Lynch.
Wake me up when it's 2026. If there's anything to wake up to then.
mad skills
By Lisfnord
Sun, 01/19/2025 - 9:16am
I so admire Mary Ellen's commitment to get out there, usually stupid early in the morning, and share these amazing photographs and videos with us. She captures nature so beautifully.
Thanks, Mary Ellen, whoever you are.
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