精彩画面：吃橡皮鸭的老鹰

摄影师捕捉到老鹰试图吃掉橡皮鸭的精彩画面

A wildlife photographer in Canada captured incredible images of a young eagle attempting to eat a plastic duck before realizing it wasn’t food, British news agency SWNS reports.

据英国SWNS通讯社报道，加拿大一名野生动物摄影师拍下了一组令人难以置信的照片，一只小鹰试图吃掉一只塑料鸭，后来才意识到那不是食物。

Fifty-two-year-old David Howells took the photos of the eagle in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on March 22. Howells was able to get his camera out prior to the eagle swooping down with its talons extended on what it thought was prey.

今年3月22日，52岁的大卫·豪厄尔斯在加拿大纽芬兰和拉布拉多的圣约翰给这只鹰拍了照。豪厄尔斯赶在鹰俯冲下来之前把相机拿了出来，鹰爪伸向它认为是猎物的地方。

“At this time of year the eagles become very active,” Howells said. “The lake freezes over during the bitter weather. We’ve actually just got over the biggest amount of snowfall ever. The bald eagle actually has a very high pitched squark so I heard it coming and caught it perfectly as it swooped in.”

豪厄尔斯说：“每年这个时候，老鹰都变得非常活跃。“天气寒冷时，湖面结冰了。事实上，我们刚刚经历了有史以来最大的降雪。秃鹰实际上有很高的叫声，所以我听到它来了，就在它飞进来的时候完美地抓拍了下来。”

However, the young eagle may have mistaken the rubber duck for prey, only to be surprised, Howell explained.

豪厄尔解释说，不过，这只小鹰可能把橡皮鸭误认为猎物，结果被吓了一跳。

“At first it looked like the immature bald eagle was tending to it as if it were a chick,” he said. “But then it went to take a bite out of it, realized it wasn’t edible, and just threw it away.”

他说：“一开始，这只不成熟的秃鹰看起来像是在照顾一只小鸡。”。“但后来它咬了一口，意识到它不能吃，就把它扔掉了。”

According to the National Eagle Center, bald eagles primarily have a diet consisting of fish, but can also eat a number of other animals, including birds, squirrels, raccoons and rabbits.

据美国国家鹰中心(National Eagle Center)介绍，秃鹰的饮食主要由鱼组成，但也可以吃其他一些动物，包括鸟类、松鼠、浣熊和兔子。

Bald eagles are no longer considered endangered in the US, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. However, both bald and golden eagles “are protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act,” the agency notes.

美国鱼类和野生动物管理局称，秃鹰在美国已不再被视为濒危物种。不过，该机构指出，秃鹰和金鹰“都受到《秃鹰和金鹰保护法》和《候鸟条约法》的保护”。