Appreciating the wildlife around us.

[Patrick]

Eagles are beautiful animals. I find something appealing about all birds but there is something almost magical about birds of prey. They are like precision machines. My cousin saw one bird that soars high, spots his prey, and dive bombs it at about 200 miles and hour! Then it snaps the prey's neck instantyly. Unfortunately, this was a bird that got injured and couldn't be released but through the grace of the Audobon, he gets a good home. Funny thing is, according to PETA, us fisherpersons are cold-hearted fish killers.

BTW, since we are talking about birds. One time I saw this comorant catch an eel that had to be between a foot and 15 inches. He tried to swallow it and as the bird tried to gulp, you could see his whole throat wiggling like a hula dancer. Finally he choked it down and you could still it wiggling.