NYCkayaker Riverkeeper blog, eagle attack

[Ed Atkeson]

Bonnie13>>> Wow. They must've been too close. That's a large & sharp  
sort of bird to have flying at you.

I had an osprey yelling at me one time, hadn't spotted it's nest & it  
was telling me I was too close. I figured it out pretty quickly &  
moved away before the bird thought it was necessary to give me  
anything but give me a verbal warning. It then proceeded to scare the  
living daylights out of a trespassing low-flying cormorant & I bet it  
would've given me the same treatment if I'd moved towards the nest  
instead of away.
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Just last weekend we had a 12 year old out with us floating under  
perched eagles and a nest just like in John's photo. We do that all  
the time and the eagles seem perfectly cool with it. Eagles attacking  
paddlers? Yow!
best,
Ed