Seen This Week, Pretty Awesome

[hoosierpipeguy]

This Eagle was 15 ft from me while playing golf. It was enjoying a meal, given the large amount of fathers, had to be some large bird. These photos don't do this magnificent bird justice. I could easily see the size of the beak and claws. I had no thoughts of investigating more closely.

 

[Servant King]

Awesome. And gives new meaning to the phrase, "15 feet for eagle."

 

[PaulRVA]

Thats an awesome photo!
To get close enough to get it is even cooler. You can see him staring you down as well.

 

[GardenStateoftheArtBriar]

I saw a bald Eagle two days in a row here over the Atlantic this week - they are BIG

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Thats an awesome photo!
To get close enough to get it is even cooler. You can see him staring you down as well.

He was giving me the stink eye as if to say "don't even think about messing with me ".

 

[karam]

What an amazing animal! Is it illegal in the US to even pick up a feather you may find on the forest floor? In Greece it is.

 

[JOHN72]

Spectacular photo. It gives a lot of respect to see such a beautiful bird.

 

[ssjones]

They are jaw dropping up close. Last March, in a small Louisiana town, we drove past this one. I had to do a double-take and tell my wife "that's an Eagle, right?". This is on a city road. He was undeterred as we pulled along side. Previous, I had only seen them from afar along the Potomac River up in Maryland.

 

[/Adam\]

Wow!! That is amazing! I’ve only had the opportunity to see one of these in the wild once and it was in a commercial construction site. I was 40 ft. In the air on a super high lift when I found it. She was keeping her eggs warm in a nest she had built in one of the unfinished walls. The entire job site was shut down for over 2 days to remove and relocate the nest. Very majestic and Much bigger looking up close lol.

 

[BingBong]

On a smaller scale, I was chatting with relatives in Kent one day and across the road, about 25 feet away, was a pigeon pecking about in the verge. Suddenly there was a phwomp sound - a sparrowhawk had taken the pigeon out in one hit, big cloud of feathers, then grabbed it and flew off at low altitude to find a spot to enjoy a feast. Never experienced that before or since.

 

[burleybreath]

Lady friend in Alaska had her cat traumatized by being grabbed by an eagle, then dropped about thirty feet when the weight proved too much. The cat, not the lady. Cat won't go outside now. The bird seems like an aggressive buzzard to me. Can you shoot them? he asked innocently.

 

[Sparcdude]

Can you shoot them? he asked innocently.

They’re protected under US law - you can’t even have a feather unless you’re a Native American.

Magnificent birds, though. I see them just floating around looking for their next meal.

 

[krizzose]

Many years ago, I drove up on one that was pecking at a dead deer on the side of the road that was flanked by thick forest on either side. I was about 20 feet away, and I got to watch it for a few minutes. It eventually got annoyed and took off, going in the opposite direction from where my truck was facing. However, it turned around behind me and flew very low over my truck, straight up the road. That was pretty cool. This was well before camera-equipped smart phones, unfortunately.

 

[khiddy]

‘MURICA!

But seriously, that is both beautiful and terrifying.

 

[burleybreath]

‘MURICA!

But seriously, that is both beautiful and terrifying.

Yep. The friggin' thing looks like it lifts weights between meals.

 

[PipeIT]

Lady friend in Alaska had her cat traumatized by being grabbed by an eagle, then dropped about thirty feet when the weight proved too much. The cat, not the lady. Cat won't go outside now. The bird seems like an aggressive buzzard to me. Can you shoot them? he asked innocently.

Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Searock Fan]

Want to see eagles? Visit Homer Alaska in the summer.

 

[Infantry23]

They are jaw dropping up close. Last March, in a small Louisiana town, we drove past this one. I had to do a double-take and tell my wife "that's an Eagle, right?". This is on a city road. He was undeterred as we pulled along side. Previous, I had only seen them from afar along the Potomac River up in Maryland.

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Al, there used to be one that I'd see off of a roundabout in Smithsburg on a weekly basis. He'd sit in a field with cows and just kept watch. People would pull over and take pics. He eventually stopped appearing. Perhaps he was tired of the paparazzi.

 

[rmpeeps]

He was giving me the stink eye as if to say "don't even think about messing with me ".

And the ever-docile MCraney never EVER thought of messing with him!!
Good play buddy!!

 

[ssjones]

Al, there used to be one that I'd see off of a roundabout in Smithsburg on a weekly basis. He'd sit in a field with cows and just kept watch. People would pull over and take pics. He eventually stopped appearing. Perhaps he was tired of the paparazzi.

near Beaver Creek I assume (on 66)? My old stomping grounds as a kid, but I never saw a Bald Eagle.