The reason they don't fly away is because they wont last a second in the air. They instinctively know they are protected just as long as they stay on water. That was one hungry eagle to have landed on the water. They usually pluck pray out on the wing but the coots are very agile and don;t make " sitting ducks"
I dont know much about coots but I know that scoters and other sea ducks have a molting period where they cant fly for several weeks until their feathers grow in. Maybe this happens to coots too, although the sea ducks where I live molt in late summer and early fall. It looks like winter in this video.
how come the coots weren't flying away? i'm assuming they can't fly? or they could have dived away? but it just looks like no matter how hard they tried, they could't get any far away from the eagle? hahahahaha
I was wondering that myself.. Fly away?? I also saw the same thing happen again this year on the lake, but with a Immature eagle, which took 45 minutes for it to get one. Flying away seems like it would have saved you, but oh well..
@kevinthao2010 it's a natural response for waterfoul to stay on the water when a bird of prey is in the air. They can't out fly a falcon, and they treat all birds of prey the same. My dad is a falconer and when the bird's in the air the waterfoul hug the water like this, and usually try to find cover too, it's hard to find cover in a larg lake....other than the lake itself.
wow since when can eagles swim
jtc1o 2 years ago
They can't but they calculate the time they can stay on the water. just a few minutes.
cooperhawk1 2 years ago
The reason they don't fly away is because they wont last a second in the air. They instinctively know they are protected just as long as they stay on water. That was one hungry eagle to have landed on the water. They usually pluck pray out on the wing but the coots are very agile and don;t make " sitting ducks"
kumravendra 2 years ago
he's having a hard time catching one
afffred 2 years ago
That senile coot.
SirianKings 2 years ago
WICKED
muskie4301 2 years ago
The title said "eagle killer" and I kept expecting someone to shoot the eagle for trying to kill the coots. :)
codernur 3 years ago
I dont know much about coots but I know that scoters and other sea ducks have a molting period where they cant fly for several weeks until their feathers grow in. Maybe this happens to coots too, although the sea ducks where I live molt in late summer and early fall. It looks like winter in this video.
caitlmac1 3 years ago
how come the coots weren't flying away? i'm assuming they can't fly? or they could have dived away? but it just looks like no matter how hard they tried, they could't get any far away from the eagle? hahahahaha
kevinthao2010 4 years ago
I was wondering that myself.. Fly away?? I also saw the same thing happen again this year on the lake, but with a Immature eagle, which took 45 minutes for it to get one. Flying away seems like it would have saved you, but oh well..
lutah 4 years ago
@kevinthao2010 it's a natural response for waterfoul to stay on the water when a bird of prey is in the air. They can't out fly a falcon, and they treat all birds of prey the same. My dad is a falconer and when the bird's in the air the waterfoul hug the water like this, and usually try to find cover too, it's hard to find cover in a larg lake....other than the lake itself.
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@kevinthao2010 Coots spend their whole migration about 5 feet off the ground. They dont dive very good either.
decoycarver17 6 months ago
very good video. Thanks for sharing.
mobofg 4 years ago
hermosos video, no es comun que un aguila de ese tamaño atrape a un ave, pero suele suceder.
gatito0319 4 years ago
Ohh, una cosa, por que en blanco y negro? =TRANSLATE= Ohh one thing, Why in black and white?
playwithmegirl 5 years ago
Not in black and white... just looks like it I guess, with the snow and all..
lutah 5 years ago
Si, esa fue la pregunta = Yes this was the question.
You must learn a little of spanish, is good!!!.
Coots, never hear this name, but i'll look the translation
playwithmegirl 5 years ago
it would be ESTO es la pregunta
esa is "that" and you're not directly relating it to a noun
BlueFlame1365 3 years ago
Stupid armyboy06, he asked what was the animals the eagle was attacking. What kind of bird I guess he wondered.
losNinja 5 years ago
Ahh.. Well thank you for the REAL translation... They are called "Coots" a kind of bird.. Waterfowl, like a duck, but not considered a duck..
lutah 5 years ago
ok, well i apologize, that was a direct result of a bad google translation my bad lol
armyboy06 2 years ago
Awesome footage. Thanks for posting.
ebadofsky 5 years ago
is this shot on walled lake?
bigdevriendt 5 years ago
No, its on wall lake in Delton Michigan..
lutah 5 years ago
Que animales comía el águila?
playwithmegirl 5 years ago
Huh??
lutah 5 years ago
he asked if those animals ate the eagle....wtf? lol
armyboy06 5 years ago
Thanks for the translation... I guess the footage shows that the Eagle ate the animals..lol... Maybe they should have ganged up on the Eagle..
lutah 5 years ago