Blurrybirdidentificationfilter: what raptor is this? [more inside]
posted by Your Time Machine Sucks on Mar 27, 2009 - 11 answers

I'm visiting an area with a small lake. During the day Canada geese scour the adjacent fields for gleanings. They return to the lake at night where they huddle together in the center, where there is a circle of water that has not yet been frozen. This part of the US also is home to bald eagles. Why don't raptors, particularly those adapted to water, have a field day preying on these "sitting geese"?
posted by turbojav on Jan 19, 2007 - 16 answers