Seeing a bald eagle

[MichaelWinicki]

Geez, another one:

http://www.13newsnow.com/news/crime/smithfield-man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-bald-eagle/455789060

Fair enough...

He lays down and gets run over with an all-terrain vehicle 3 or 4 times and then dragged through the woods.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Fair enough...

He lays down and gets run over with an all-terrain vehicle 3 or 4 times and then dragged through the woods.

Naked.

 

[trickblue]

Approves of this thread...

 

[Runwildboys]

Oh I agree there was no sense for sure. But I mean, Ben Franklin wanted the turkey as the national bird. Can you imagine? Shew.

Just a bird. Still a shame to kill one needlessly though.

Thanksgiving would have sucked!

 

[Trouty]

Geez, another one:

http://www.13newsnow.com/news/crime/smithfield-man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-bald-eagle/455789060

Disgusting. I hope he runs into some huge auduob-loving thugs and gets what he deserves.

 

[jobberone]

He's an I dot

 

[Runwildboys]

He's an I dot

Was this statement intentionally misspelled, or is it a fine example of irony?

 

[jobberone]

Was this statement intentionally misspelled, or is it a fine example of irony?

Yes.

 

[Runwildboys]

Yes.

Uuuugggghhhhh!! Stop confusing me!!!

 

[HeavyBarrel]

Saw one perched on top of a house on Hwy 433 in Slidell, La a couple of years ago. Also saw one flying above (but low) at Disney's Pop Century resort about 10 years ago...awesome

 

[xwalker]

Other than at the National Zoo, I had never seen a bald eagle in person.

Out where my daughter lives (the desert part of Washington State), with the sparse waterways and greenery they're much easier to spot... Even though the couple times she took us out where they've been seen all we saw were the huge nests they like to build on the top of telephone poles.

In our neck of the woods, southwestern New York State/northwestern Pennsylvania, bald eagles were just about gone until about 20 years ago. However sightings have increased a lot over the past 20 years due to a variety of reasons– But I had never seen one myself.

Until last night.

We were coming back from dinner, near a large waterway, and first I saw a telephone pole with a large nest at the top... Before I got the words out of my mouth to my wife, "Hey look at that nest" we were at the next pole and there they were sitting at the top of the pole– two of them. They were magnificent.

It's something everyone should get to see once in their lives.

There is a nest out near Nasa Cape Canaveral. That's the only one I've seen in the wild.

 

[xwalker]

they taste a bit gamey......jk.

They are cool looking birds. I have only seen them in the zoo. BTW, while I really like zoos, seeing our national bird in one kind of bugs me. On one hand, it allows us to study and preserve them, as well as let children across our nation see one up close. On the other hand, these majestic creatures, a symbol of freedom, should not be locked up in an animal prison.

Kind of ironic that most children who encounter this symbol of our freedom, do so where it is anything but free. Even Alanis thinks so.

That comment reminds me of the movie where they paid big money to eat rare species.

 

[Ranched]

While I love all animals and def you should kill to eat/use/clothe/etc...at the end of the day, it really is just another animal and bird. Its value isnt superior to any other bird or animal.

I beg to differ on your comment. The bald eagle, with its snowy-feathered (not bald) head and white tail, is the proud national bird symbol of the United States. The Bald Eagle is also pictured on our dollar bill.
Therefore, it's not "just another animal & Bird" and "it's value" as proven, is very "superior".

 

[Trouty]

I beg to differ on your comment. The bald eagle, with its snowy-feathered (not bald) head and white tail, is the proud national bird symbol of the United States. The Bald Eagle is also pictured on our dollar bill.
Therefore, it's not "just another animal & Bird" and "it's value" as proven, is very "superior".

Preach, Daboyz! Sister!

 

[65fastback2plus2]

I beg to differ on your comment. The bald eagle, with its snowy-feathered (not bald) head and white tail, is the proud national bird symbol of the United States. The Bald Eagle is also pictured on our dollar bill.
Therefore, it's not "just another animal & Bird" and "it's value" as proven, is very "superior".

The symbol might have value to some people. Its still just a bird.

 

[dallasdave]

Preach, Daboyz! Sister!

 

[LocimusPrime]

I beg to differ on your comment. The bald eagle, with its snowy-feathered (not bald) head and white tail, is the proud national bird symbol of the United States. The Bald Eagle is also pictured on our dollar bill.
Therefore, it's not "just another animal & Bird" and "it's value" as proven, is very "superior".

Excellent!




Love your country, it's anthem, it's symbols. Much respect!

 

[LocimusPrime]

Shoot that got me fired up....I need to pick up something big and throw it.
USA USA USA USA

 

[Ranched]

The symbol might have value to some people. Its still just a bird.

Never said it wasn't. But that bird/symbol has more "value" then you, me and the entire Dallas Cowboys, including their fans. Pretty dang good for being "just a bird" huh?!

 

[kapolani]

I have them all over where I live. I have a couple that live on my land in the woods behind me.

We see them dueling the ospreys around here all the time. In fact, there's a lot of action and it seems like the eagles are moving in on osprey territory. We aren't seen as many osprey fledglings this year.