A report published in 2020 by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife details the bizarre and unfortunate fate of a bald eagle that was found floating face down in Highland Lake in Bridgton, like the opening scene of an ornithological murder mystery. There were no witnesses to the eagle’s demise, but the suspect proved to be a deceased loon chick found close to the scene of the crime. Amazingly, this small waterfowl had managed to pierce the bald eagle's heart with its slender beak, bringing the ferocious predator to a swift end even though the loon itself had already suffered fatal injuries. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The grisly discovery came about after John Cooley, a loon biologist at the Loon

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