Fighting over the most valuable thing to raptors..............food. Spending a lot of time watching birds, it appears they have a lot of similar emotions we have. Here I would say she is feeling surprise and indignation, that the competition would dare try to take her food. Have they not heard that possession is 9/10 of the law.

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Northern harriers squabbling over a dead coot. Winter is a tough time for raptors, as food becomes scarce forcing them to migrate in search of food. Southern cal attracts a lot of harriers, red tails and eagles for just that reason. A few locations get thousands of coots and ducks. Coots don't fly that good and are a sizable chunk of meat, plus they are not the smartest of birds. So, when one makes a kill, there are lot of other competitors willing to fight for it, or if you are an eagle, just take it.

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Have you ever seen a harrier on a telephone pole? Me neither, wonder why?

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