Eagles have tried to carry off children before, though it was much more of a problem 100 years ago. That’s why they tend to hang around garbage dumps (a great place to take your friends birding). The two animals pause for a few seconds before the cat runs out of view with the eagle apparently giving chase. The eagle is seen landing as its feline prey flees onto a nearby fence. An eagle visits my cat Uploaded 04/09/2009 WOW - I have seen a bald eagle pick up a small dog before, that cat was lucky it didn't become dinner. So, just to review, here’s a simplified take on a Bald Eagle’s tasting preferences: Anything they don’t have to chase. And yet, from years of stories of malicious birds, people were primed to mistake grim fantasy for reality. In fact, their weight is about the same. One eagle tried to carry off a Scottish baby , and another a child in Maine . Live footage of a bald eagle nest in the Hays neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, took a disturbing turn for some viewers on Tuesday when it caught eagle parents feeding a cat to their chicks. Watching your house cat's natural instincts take over as they stalk a squirrel in your backyard or chatter excitedly at the birds outside the window is always fun. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. An eagle, smaller than most large hawks and owls, cannot lift a 30-pound toddler. The cat leaps onto a fence and then jumps down into a wooded area to escape the eagle. In other words, Bald Eagles are a little picky—but mostly they’re just lazy. Large birds of prey, like hawks, falcons, and eagles, survive by hunting small mammals. Birds. Warning: The following footage could be disturbing for some viewers. Yes, hawks and other large birds of prey can and will take a cat. Try refreshing your browser, or … Fish. "To people, the cat represents a pet but to the eagles and to other raptors, the cat is a way to sustain the eaglets and help them to grow." A female bald eagle … Both the eagle … Taylor said the average cat would likely put up a fight, and a bald eagle is more apt to pick an easier prey target. The eagle then drops the kid a few feet away. Hays Bald Eagle Cam Catches Cat Being Fed To Eaglets April 28, 2016 at 11:20 am Filed Under: Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania , Dave Crawley , Hays , Hays Bald Eagles , … Plus a cat is not much of a match for the talons of a large hawk or an eagle. Most … Rachel Handel of the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania turned the incident into a teachable moment about the realities of nature. But, unfortunately, your cat isn't on top of the food chain. The video shows a royal eagle snatching a young kid while he plays under the watch of his dad. These birds will kill an animal by dropping it from a great height, so if they can snatch an unaware or frightened animal, there's no need for them to fight it out.