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[hoosierpipeguy]

While playing golf and enjoying a cigar. Got within 15' of this American Eagle.

 

[AJL67]

It’s a sign! Florida or up north?

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Heron Creek in Northport, FL.

 

[verporchting]

Did you score two under??

 

[Servant King]

15 feet isn't very close, sounds like you might've three-putted. But par is respectable on any hole with a water hazard...

Sorry Mark, you walked right into that one!

 

[AJL67]

Heron Creek in Northport, FL.

I knew it. The free state of Florida.

 

[Piping Rooster]

That's a Florida golf course! No mistaking that!

 

[didimauw]

Wasn't expecting the bird butt! Thanks!

My favorite birds to see!

 

[bullet08]

Thank god I'm color blind. Always thought it was red, white and blue. It's just black and white!

 

[Sir Yak]

Always cool to see an eagle

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Strangely, double that eagle and it turns into an albatross!

 

[spicy_boiii]

Their population has spread and grown here in the west. Wouldn't be surprised if that was the case all over.

 

[georged]

location, location, location...

In the fish-processing town of Unalaska there is one eagle for (about) every five people.

They call 'em "harbor pigeons".

I'm sure a bluejay would draw a crowd, though. lol

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

Very cool Mark!

 

[FurCoat]

Awesome

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

location, location, location...

In the fish-processing town of Unalaska there is one eagle for (about) every five people.

They call 'em "harbor pigeons".

I'm sure a bluejay would draw a crowd, though. lol

There's probably one eagle for every 10,000 people here in Florida. And I've never gotten within 15' of one before.

 

[Chaukisch]

I love encounters like this.
During summer I sleep with my windows and doors wide open and one morning, a few weeks ago, there was a caterpillar right here on the floor. An Acronicta aceris, supposed to be quite rare.
Makes the day just a little more special.

 

[ChonkyTonks]

I used to see these all the time when I lived in the PNW, but never that close.

 

[georged]

I pulled into a wooded, picnic-table-equipped roadside rest stop one time in central Montana. (It was a low-traffic 2-lane state highway, not an Interstate.)

When I got about 20 yards from the picnic table, I noticed one of these standing in the middle of it with a shredded animal of some sort pinned between his feet.

There was no one else around.

He was glaring at me, and a shimmering word balloon formed in the air above his head.

It was very easy to read. What did it say? "This is MY spot, and if you don't keep driving... I... will... kick... your... ass."

What did I do?

Kept driving, of course.