I saw something I'd never seen before as i was driving last Saturday from
Virginia to Annapolis for Christmas. Not far on the other side of
Fredericksburg, on Route 3, I passed a dead deer on the side of the road. A
vulture (couldn't see his head) and an eagle were at opposite ends of it,
eating. I was surprised to see an eagle eating road kill. I turned around and
went back. As I was driving back I saw a vulture in the air and sure enough,
when I got back to the place where the dead deer was, only the eagle was still
there. I stopped just short of this and the eagle stopped eating and was just
watching me watch him. In a couple of minutes he obviously got unnerved and
flew away, but only about 6 feet or so, he just flew and landed a short
distance and continued watching me. I left soon thereafter so as not to further
disturb him. I've seen eagles eating fish in Oregon but I'd never seen an eagle
eating road kill. Is this normal?
Ann Donaldson
Barboursville
