{"id":147804,"date":"2025-09-11T01:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T01:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/147804\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T01:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T01:04:08","slug":"epic-food-fight-between-bald-eagle-and-coyotes-caught-on-camera-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/147804\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic food fight between bald eagle and coyotes caught on camera | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A battle for food in the wild played out in front of a trail camera in Ferry County in July.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Dunn lives near the Kettle River and set up the trail cam on his property.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When a fawn was hit and killed on the nearby road, nature took its course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"eagle23.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"807\" height=\"807\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c1be28bdf40.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Craig Dunn<\/p>\n<p>Hungry critters came looking for a meal and a bald eagle reminded the coyotes and ravens who&#8217;s boss of the forest.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"eagle13.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1267\" height=\"889\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c1be2dca5e7.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"140\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Craig Dunn<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not an interaction you see every day,&#8221; said Craig.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ravens, coyotes and the eagle converged on the dead deer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ravens tried to chase the eagle off. Then the eagle chases off the coyotes,&#8221; said Dunn.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"eagle14.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1270\" height=\"889\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c1be2c73fff.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"140\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Craig Dunn<\/p>\n<p>The eagle proved to be king of the carcass.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You kind of forget how big an eagle&#8217;s wingspan is,&#8221; said Dunn.<\/p>\n<p>There is an eagle&#8217;s nest nearby. Dunn thinks the giant bird was just making sure any baby eagles would have enough food.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At some point, the pictures appear to show the ravens waiting patiently for the eagle to finish.\u00a0 One raven appears to be eating some morsel it managed to escape with.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"eagle21.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1055\" height=\"739\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c1be29af97a.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"140\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Craig Dunn<\/p>\n<p>The pictures also show one of the coyotes chasing off the eagle but Dunn isn&#8217;t so sure that&#8217;s the case.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"eagle28.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1175\" height=\"823\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/68c1be269d02e.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"140\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Craig Dunn<\/p>\n<p>He thinks that just maybe the eagle was done feasting and coyote thought it was safe to finally move in for a bite.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>COPYRIGHT 2025 BY KXLY. 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