Someone in a "Wildlife in Virginia" Facebook group posted pics of an eagle with a rabbit on Glebe Rd

[mahatmakanejeeves]

ARLnow Daily Debrief for Sep 15, 2023

ARLnow.com September 15, 2023 at 8:30pm

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ActionJackson5

2 days ago

Someone in a “Wildlife in Virginia” group on Facebook posted pics of an eagle with a rabbit taken on Glebe Rd.



ActionJackson5

2 days ago

Second pic:



I didn’t see names (I think one of them said “my son took this pic”) so I can’t give credit.

Smiley4567 >> ActionJackson5

2 days ago

It is so heartwarming to see the eagle helping the rabbit climb the fence. Why can't humans be as kind to each other. 😢

[Rebl2]

1. Poor rabbit

I have hawks that hang out occasionally in my yard and years ago one got hold of full grown rabbit. I was quite surprised. They talk about cats killing birds and how we have fewer birds because of them. I am here to tell you, I have lost track of how many birds have been taken from my yard by hawks and not cats.

[Walleye]

2. I know I saw the remains of a dead pigeon and blamed it on the cats. Then saw a hawk dive

On a pigeon and devour it

[Backseat Driver]

3. I watched a hawk pull apart a morning dove in my suburban backyard; feathers everywhere! n/t

[The Blue Flower]

4. I found the rear half of a rabbit in my yard one morning

It looked like the front half had been neatly cut away. I'm in Richmond, Va and could only think a hawk got it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Do you know which Glebe Road?

I recall from my time living in Alexandria and Arlington that there were three different roads with that name.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Four actually

Alexandria has East and West. Arlington has Notth and South. This post was at Arlnow.com.

3401 Columbia Pike is the address of the Bank of America at the intersection of Columbia Pike and South Glebe Road. I’ve changed buses at the stop near that wall.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/3401+Columbia+Pike,+Arlington,+VA+22204/@38.8615208,-77.0920915,3a,75y,284.76h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s10BRPKINwZiCnNxBl4F3FA!2e0!4m6!3m5!1s0x89b7b6a55df57139:0x59cedfc6a5d080db!8m2!3d38.8615789!4d-77.0923747!16s%2Fg%2F11bw3zd5j_

And good afternoon.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. Thank you.

I was thinking there were four, but then didn't really believe my memory.

Once, in an English lit class at NOVA, we read some poem which contained the line: The glebe cow mooed. It got me to look up the word glebe. A piece of land serving as part of a clergyman's benefice and providing income.

And now everyone, or almost everyone who reads this post will have learned something new.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. Five, if you count Old Glebe Road, which

is only a few blocks long, in far north Arlington, just before Glebe Road drops off to cross the Potomac River. It’s the old alignment of North Glebe Road.

And then there’s the Glebe House …

[Bayard]

6. Eagles gotta eat too

When I lived in rural Calif, I saw a hawk swoop down on my driveway, and fly off with a good-sized snake hanging from its talons. We've had several chickens taken by them here.

[ShazzieB]

8. Sometimes nature isn't pretty,

I love hawks and eagles (especially bald eagles), but I know they and other carnivores have to eat. I don't particularly care to watch, but I know it's part of life, and I respect the skill required to be a successful predator.

Nature is beautiful in many ways, but it's also "red in tooth and claw," to quote Tennyson.