Willie, I am sure individual birds will do unique things. There is no such thing as "the average" eagle.

I watch them kill ducks during the winter on almost a daily basis where small flocks are insisting on staying in a small hole they keep ice-free all winter.

I doubt seriously that the wood duck hole phenomenon was eagles - probably not even the hunter , but why blame the eagle and not the hunter? Birds shift, habitat changes. Lots of possible explanations. Could be Great Horned Owls.

Eagle diets are undoubtedly extraordinarily well documented and described in the literature. That's the place to get an informed answer.

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