Golden eagle

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Category:Animals

Subcategory:Birds

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Keywords:Aquila chrysaetos, Centrocercus urophasianus, Montana, Rocky Mountain, Rocky Mountains, acttack, attacking, bird of prey, birds of prey, eagle, eat, eating, golden eagle, greater sage grouse, predate, predating, prey, preying, sage brush, sage brush sea, sage grouse, steppe

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Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) taking off at a sage grouse (Ce

Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) taking off at a sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) lek, Montana, USA. The eagle attacked the sage grouse from the east so that the sage grouse - blinded by the morning sun - could not see the eagle as it approached. Fortunately for the sage grouse the eagle missed. It sat on the ground for a minute before taking off again and flying by my blind.