[BITList] Kill'em and Eat'em [6 Attachments]

[FA]

>>     */This came from a man who runs a 2,000-acre corn farm up around
>>     Barron, WI, not far from Oshkosh. He used to fly F-4Es and F-16s
>>     for the Guard and participated in the first Gulf War./*
>>     */His story:/*
>>     */I went out to plant corn for a bit, to finish a field before
>>     tomorrow morning and witnessed The Great Battle. A golden eagle
>>     -- big, with about a six-foot wingspan - flew right in front of
>>     the tractor. It was being chased by three crows that were
>>     continually dive bombing it and pecking at it. The crows do this
>>     because the eagles rob their nests when they find them./*
>>     */
>>     /**/cid:X.MA1.1391726564 at aol.comcid:X.MA2.1391726564 at aol.com/*
>>     */\ /*
>>     */
>>     At any rate, the eagle banked hard right in one evasive maneuver,
>>     then landed in the field about 100 feet from the tractor. This
>>     eagle stood about 3 feet tall. The crows all landed too and took
>>     up positions around the eagle at 120 degrees apart, but kept
>>     their distance at about 20 feet from the big bird. The eagle
>>     would take a couple steps towards one of the crows and they'd hop
>>     backwards and forward to keep their distance. Then the
>>     reinforcement showed up./*
>>     */I happened to spot the eagle's mate hurtling down out of the
>>     sky at what appeared to be approximately Mach 1.5. Just before
>>     impact, the eagle on the ground took flight, (obviously a
>>     coordinated tactic; probably pre-briefed) and the three crows
>>     that were watching the grounded eagle also took flight --
>>     thinking they were going to get in some more pecking on the big
>>     bird./*
>>     */
>>     /**/cid:X.MA3.1391726564 at aol.com/*
>>     */
>>     The first crow being targeted by the diving eagle never stood a
>>     snowball's chance in hell. There was a mid-air explosion of black
>>     feathers, and that crow was done./*
>>     */cid:X.MA4.1391726564 at aol.com/*
>>     */The diving eagle then banked hard left in what had to be a 9G
>>     climbing turn, using the energy it had accumulated in the dive,
>>     and hit crow #2 less than two seconds later. Another crow dead./*
>>     */
>>     /**/cid:X.MA5.1391726564 at aol.com/*
>>     */
>>     The grounded eagle, which was now airborne and had an altitude
>>     advantage on the remaining crow that was streaking eastward in
>>     full burner, made a short dive, then banked hard right when the
>>     escaping crow tried to evade the hit. It didn't work - crow #3
>>     bit the dust at about 20 feet AGL./*
>>     */This aerial battle was better than any air show I've been to,
>>     including the War Birds show at Oshkosh. The two eagles ripped
>>     the crows apart, and ate them on the ground; and, as I got closer
>>     and closer working my way across the field, I passed within 20
>>     feet of one of them as it ate its catch. It stopped and looked at
>>     me as I went by, and you could see in the look of that bird that
>>     it knew who's Boss of the Sky. What a beautiful bird!/*
>>     */cid:X.MA6.1391726564 at aol.com/*
>>     */
>>     I loved it. Not only did they kill their enemy, they ate them.
>>     One of the best Fighter Pilot stories I've seen in a long time./*
>>
>>

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