Eagles mate for life. A female eagle will lead a potential mate through the skies, swooping, diving, and soaring high above the hills. She then flies as high as she can and flips on her back, free-falling toward the ground. It's the males job to grasp her talons, and keep her from certain death. Moments before they hit the ground, the female pulls out of the dive and circles the male. Because he was willing to stay even unto death, he proved himself as a mate.
Bald Eagle Flirting
Bald eagles, Klamath Basin. _ photo by Randall Finley, with subject title of "bald eagle flirting" __ courtship ritual? I'm thinking the one on the left, facing upwards, is a female, having a broader, puffier breast/chest and larger size overall. One above looks to have a trim, sleek breast... looks male to me.
TOM BAUER/Missoulian Lisa Rhodin, manager of the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Wildlife Nature Center, gets ready to release a bald eagle on Thursday near Lolo. The eagle was one of two found poisoned last Saturday in the same area. Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/poisoned-bitterroot-valley-bald-eagles-return-to-wild/article_120b184a-850e-11e1-96d1-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz1s29fo9F7
Eagles crash-land after mid-air tangle
In this photo provided by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources are two bald eagles after they crash landed on a runway at Duluth, Minn., International Airport on Sunday. Minnesota DNR officer Randy Hanzal said the eagles, locked together by their talons in a midair territorial dispute, couldn't separate but survived the fall.
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