GIZMODO • May 22, 2020
A lake on the outskirts of Portland, Maine, became a highly unusually scene last summer when a kayaker happened upon a dead bald eagle floating face down, pierced through the heart. Turns out it wasn’t some Great Gatsby-type story of revenge, but rather an angry loon trying to protect its chick. It’s the first documented case of loon-on-eagle homicide and shows that for all the glory of seeing loons take flight over misty lakes and hearing their calls at dusk, they can be cold-blooded killers.