This morning one of our local Bald Eagles created a lot of excitement for the Coots here on Long Lake outside Lacey.  For a while, the eagle seemed to be fishing, hovering over the lake and occasionally diving, but it never caught anything.  We have at least 200 Coots on the lake, as usual, and after a while the eagle turned its attention to them, chasing the flock hither and thither, forcing them into the reeds or under some overhanging trees.  Now and then the eagle perched for a while, then took up the chase again.  I never saw it catch a Coot, and it's gone now.  I would have thought that by diving into a closely packed raft, it could easily catch one, but it didn't.  I felt sorry for the little coots, but also for the hungry eagle....