I too have seen a swimming eagle. It breast stroked a long way across a lake and ultimately got out on a distant snag. I was told by a local naturalist (in PA) that eagles do that when they catch a fish that is too heavy to lift out of the water.

Rob Humphries

From: Karen Jackson 
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 3:01 PM
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Subject: [UVB] "swimming" eagle

A friend sent me this link of an eagle doing a breast stroke - to those more knowledgable birders, can it be for real?      
http://www.youtube.com/embed/87xNpOYOlQ4?rel=0 



Karen Jackson