I was divebombed by an eagle on my run

Bald eagles rule wrote:

Joe Walsh wrote:

Bald Eagles eat other things and Golden Eagles are not known for their fishing prowess.

Eagles likely still fend for their chicks even after they are flying.

Bald eagles also eat roadkill. Perhaps OP was running so slow the eagle thought he was dead.

At that pace you're lucky it didn't crap on ya, ya gol durn hippie.

And as for eagles food choices, I lived in Kodiak ak, a dept. Of fish and game Biologist told me they'll rat any kind of meat, fish or bird, fresh or rancid roadkill.

Shor' enough, they'd congregate at the town dump in the evening like it was the buffet table at Golden Corral.

When nesting, these Falcons are notorious for dive-bombing interlopers....

it's cool bro, have fun.

Eagle Knievel wrote:

So,

Today I was running through the state park near my house. Was gonna do 7 miles and I was about 90 minutes into my run when an eagle came out of nowhere and took a swipe at my head. I didn't see it coming but could see it fly away after I fell to the ground. I don't know why it went after me. The only reason I can think of is my hair, which I guess looks sort of like a rodent since I have a small ponytail. I tried to tell a park ranger but he laughed in my face, even when I showed him the gash. I don't know what to do, and I'm afraid to go in the park again (cutting my hair is out of the question) unless I wear a hat I guess.

Any ideas to help me process the situation?

If you're afraid to go back in the park, just wait a month or two, or wear a hat that you don't mind losing. Owls do this to people in the PNW (me once) but only during their narrow mating season in October.

How do you think the Eagle feels? He was looking for squirrel and ended up with a talon full of troll.

Wtfunny wrote:

dagloam wrote:

..... (I believe my owl was the same one and it was near dusk in the exact same area. They are territorial and apparently can't see that well in dim light.) ....

Owls don't see well in dim light? Lotta nocturnal creatures struggle with that I guess.

quote]night vision wrote:

Wouldn't they fly into tree branches etc. if this actually is the case?[/quote]

I thought it was something I read at the time, in reference to mistaking runners for rodents. But yeah, they are nocturnal and have huge eyes, so this doesn't make sense. But at the same time they are very far sighted, so everything close up is blurry. So they may see your movement but not in enough detail to see you are over 100 pounds. Or they know perfectly well you're a human runner and just want to dive bomb you for kicks and spite.

Wear a helmet when you go out and run now.

It obviously thought you were prey. They eat mostly rodents and snakes. Try not to resemble either next time.

flowbot wrote:

dagloam wrote:

The owl only left the premises when I pulled out my phone and tried to take a picture.

Must've been a police owl.

Hahahaha got 'em!

0/10. Wow today is a particularly bad day for LR trollism. If you'd claimed a seagull, well, maybe 2/10.

in japan wrote:

Wear a helmet when you go out and run now.

This seems like a good idea, and it might work for blackbirds as well.

in japan wrote:

Wear a helmet when you go out and run now.

How about a helmet, with sticky tape?

What a hoot. wrote:

I got dive bombed by an owl running on the Boulder Country Club several years back.

How fast was it running?

running birds wrote:

What a hoot. wrote:

I got dive bombed by an owl running on the Boulder Country Club several years back.

How fast was it running?

And why were you running at the Country Club? Even if you're a member, you need to stay off the fairways. Have some respect. If you're not a member, I hope you're arrested for trespassing.

Lovers Leep wrote:

running birds wrote:

How fast was it running?

And why were you running at the Country Club? Even if you're a member, you need to stay off the fairways. Have some respect. If you're not a member, I hope you're arrested for trespassing.

So?

General Lee wrote:

Lovers Leep wrote:

And why were you running at the Country Club? Even if you're a member, you need to stay off the fairways. Have some respect. If you're not a member, I hope you're arrested for trespassing.

So?

SO I hope he is arrested and charged. Throw him in jail.

I paid my way through college working on a crew at a country club near my campus. I used to go to work in the mornings after 6:00am morning practice and then head back over after class and afternoon practice with the team. I did this for 2 of my 4 years in college. Grueling work.

We were not in Boulder, but we had a group of runners who used to try to run on the golf course (they were not members). We yelled at them a few times and they would flip us off or laugh. One day we about got into a fist fight with them. I was a 5k/10k guy in college, so I chased them down and held one of the runners while the rest of the grounds crew caught up with us. His running buddies just ran off and left him there. These were grown men, mind you.

I didn't hurt him, but I simply explained to him that it is really hard work to keep fairways and greens in good shape, not to mention extremely expensive, and running on them is not helpful. He apologized and they did not come back.

The one thing that sticks with me 8 years later is that his friends just left him there. I mean, they could have at least stopped and asked me to let him go. I wasn't going to fight him and he was bigger than me, anyway.

Lovers Leep wrote:

General Lee wrote:

So?

SO I hope he is arrested and charged. Throw him in jail.

And I hope you can get out of your present circumstances wallowing in misery.

But for both of these hopes . . . So?

General Lee wrote:

Lovers Leep wrote:

SO I hope he is arrested and charged. Throw him in jail.

And I hope you can get out of your present circumstances wallowing in misery.

But for both of these hopes . . . So?

I hear you, bro. I hear you.