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17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
eagle with a deer carcass

this eagle tried to break off part of a bone of this dead dear. it pulled harder and harder without success, then it started flapping its wings to no avail. finally it settled for another part of the deer for its meal.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2019
Photo Location: harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D500
Copyright: © eric willet