Bradly J. Boner | Photography

Bald eagle

A bald eagle assumes a posture called "mantling" while sitting on a fence post south of Jackson earlier last week. The posture is often associated to defending a food source, a likely senario here given the proximity of a deer carcass. Raptors also assume the posture when they are overheated, wet or sick.

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A bald eagle assumes a posture called "mantling" while sitting on a fence post south of Jackson earlier last week. The posture is often associated to defending a food source, a likely senario here given the proximity of a deer carcass. Raptors also assume the posture when they are overheated, wet or sick.