New Hampshire news station WMUR News 9 tweeted out this epic video of a bald eagle swimming across a lake in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire after local resident Tyler Blake took the video and sent it to the station. Who knew a bald eagle could swim like that? Check out the video below. 

Whoa! A bald eagle was spotted swimming to shore in Wolfeboro. Amazing! https://t.co/udTkenOeNS

Tyler Blake / u local (upload here: https://t.co/bqKBGSxerF) pic.twitter.com/7jP9YnlRjP

— WMUR TV (@WMUR9) June 10, 2019

According to this article from Bird Watching Daily, which I read religiously, eagles will swim if they catch something that is too heavy for them to lift up into the air and fly with. 

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— Chris Blackey (@Chris_Blackey) June 11, 2019

Weird that a bald eagle does the butterfly.

— Andrew Smith (@ASmithSales) June 10, 2019

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— Jeff Lucero (@JeffLuceroMusic) June 11, 2019