They are usually prime prey for birds at the top of the food chain, he said. He said he recalled once seeing a golden eagle hunting fish at Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County in the same manner.

In the video you can see the eagle pecking away at its prey "It was eating an opossum. I saw it lying on the side of the road about two hours earlier when I was driving my kids to school.

African fish eagles are large birds of prey native to Sub-Saharan ... they spot prey and swoop down for the kill. They also participate in group hunting, especially when capturing tree squirrels.

"While most research shows that the majority of prey that Wedgies ... birds going for a kill this large is unusual but not unheard of. Interestingly, the eagles vary their hunting method according ...