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Be nice to see an eagle with hair once and awhile
Perhaps a comb over for those Eagles a la Trump ?
Be nice to see an eagle with hair once and awhile
Ben Franklin called the bald eagle "a bird of bad moral character."
If we had an actual vote, I am not sure the Bald Eagle would win. If we are honest, the Bald Eagle shouldn't even be around anymore. It took my laws passed to save the species from
extinction.
Among the bird species, here are a few that might be better than the bald eagle:
Golden Eagle
Western Osprey
Peregrine Falcon
Harpy Eagle
i wondered if someone would point that out.
as for the topic of the OP, i would vote to keep the bald eagle, even though it spends most of its time looking humorless and angry. in some ways, that's fitting. however, it's a majestic animal that any nation would be proud to have as an emblem.
It is majestic...
Until you see it in its natural habit doing what comes naturally....
Goose Spit, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Watching one munch on rotting salmon carcasses tends to dull one's enthusiasm for the bird.
Should The Star-Spangled Banner be the national anthem?
After we change the national anthem we can work on a new national emblem.
Bald eagles, and I've seen lots and lots of them, are scavengers. They occupy the same ecological niche as vultures. Yeah, they've been known to scoop up live prey but nearly every time I've seen an eagle rise off the ground it was because there was roadkill. I had to slow down to avoid rear-ending one that was having trouble getting airborne off a dead deer in the ditch. I've seen them in dozens hopping around on the river bank squabbling over scraps of spawned-out salmon, too fat to fly. I've seen ravens drive them away from their perchs in the trees. There's nothing majestic about those birds, just judging them by behaviour.
But they do look impressive. And most of the duchys, principalities and kingdoms in Europe had eagles as their emblems so it's understandable that the budding Americans would want one too.
It is majestic...
Until you see it in its natural habit doing what comes naturally....
Goose Spit, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Watching one munch on rotting salmon carcasses tends to dull one's enthusiasm for the bird.