i wonder if the author has ever seen a golden eagle up close?
i have. I was hiking on the southern ute reservation outside of durango, co., and i will say that it appeared to be close to 40 lbs. i know, i know birds have hollow bones and lots of feathers, but when you see one in the wild up close, you will NEVER forget it.
> i wonder if the author has ever seen a golden eagle up close?
I have (Born in BC). The Golden Eagle is indeed a very large bird. And as best anyone can tell, the Haast Eagle would be two or three times as large. If it was killing and eating Moas, it would have to be.
WOW !!!!!!
When I was stationed at Ft. Riley, KS I had a '66 MGB...tiny little car. During the winter/spring timeframe, a large number of bald eagles drift into the Milford Lake area which is a large man-made lake to the northwest of the installation and eagles are not an uncommon sight during that time of year. One unseasonably warm spring day, I was driving through the backroads of post and saw a huge bald eagle shadowing my car. He followed me all the way off post to the town of Ogden...While I had no reason to believe he'd try to attack, I am fairly certain that he came to that conclusion only after giving me a good sizing up.
Actually I have a hard time accepting the fact that this video is real. Could it be photoshopped?
On a short boat tour operating out of Seward Alaska we saw some goats high on cliffs above the water. The guide said the Bald Eagles would dive on the young goats and scare them into falling off. The remains would be picked off the rocks below.
I have watched Golden Eagles in Western North Carolina mountains but they did not seem that large. Seeing however is believing.
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