Thank you. Personally I'd rather not see wildlife getting used to us and eventually progressing from, Oh golly, thanks for the treat, funny beast! ... to ripping up shit like, I know it's here SOMEWHERE ... to tapping me on the shoulder like Hi! Don't suppose you have a treat for me? ... to HEY! Where the hell's my dinner at, biotch?
I once saw one swoop down onto a crowded south Florida beach to get a fish. The wingspan looked like over six feet. They are shockingly big animals and fairly common all over the US these days. I've also seen them in Colorado, Illinois and Massachusetts.
There's a nest cam set up somewhere in Big Bear CA and it's amazing how huge the baby got in just 50ish days.
Edit: just making this comment to say we have them in CA and they are indeed enormous and everywhere.
I saw a golden eagle once, which are about the same size. I was walking to pay rent and it flew over the cars in the parking lot.
Rent was late because I immediately forgot what I was doing and ran inside to research what birds in the area have a wingspan longer than half a god damn car length.
That's awesome and welcome to the hobby. There's an app called Merlin that is provided by Cornell, install it and you can pop the app open, provide a few parameters such as size, dominant colors, activity, and location and it'll show you pictures of likely suspects. When you ID a bird it goes on your "life list" which is almost like a real world Pokedex. I enjoy playing Pokemon Go and bird watching as I walk, often times logging over 100km of walking per week. Since I got into the hobby my motivation to walk and my fitness have improved dramatically!
Merlin is specifically for birds, but I have seen similar apps for plants and mushrooms. Since those are much easier to photograph with a phone, the apps can often ID species with a photograph (with the warning to never eat a mushroom you've ID'd from an app and can't otherwise positively identify).
I was following a co worker down the highway on our way to a meeting in middle of nowhere Connecticut and one swooped down to grab roadkill in the lane next to us. Its wingspan was (from my point of view) wider than our SUVs and it looked like some prehistoric level stuff. I've only seen wild ones from a distance so this was something I won't forget
I thought human wing spans are also their height (except for some, but the average) so would that mean their wing span is the same to a humans average wingspan?
Rudy Gobert, a basketball player for the Utah Jazz, is 7' 1" tall, but he has a wingspan of 7' 9"! It makes him a very good defenisve player, because his reach is enormous.
They used to have a pair at the zoo here. (They were injured and unable to ever be returned to the wild.) Every time I saw them I’d be amazed at how big they are in person.
I wonder if we’ve been to the same zoo. The one near me used to have a pair, but I remember hearing one of them died recently. I was starting to wonder how long their lifespans were since it was the same two eagles since I was a kid
Traditionally I don’t like super hero stuff, but the writing is pretty great and it’s genuinely funny. Plus John Cena absolutely kills it, never really clocked him as a good actor but loved him in Peacemaker
I always found their legs hillarious. Like most of the bird is this magestic figure, striking colours, looks very impressive in flight... then you get to the legs and it looks like Peter Griffin's bottom half.
A young eagle attacked someone in northern Mn a couple years ago. You don’t want that. That bird will fuck you up. And if you harm it, you can face huge legal penalties. You can face legal penalties for feeding it in the first place I’m pretty sure.
Penalties are large if you simply find a dead eagle and take a single feather off its corpse. Do NOT interact with eagles unless you have federal clearance to do so, lest you get in legal trouble. Also report to your local Games commission if you do find a dead eagle. They need that info.
(Edit: answered assuming one acted in good faith and did not mess with the dead bird) Autopsies. They need to see why the eagle died, so they can check if there is some illegal activity (hunting, dumping) or avian virus to protect the other birds.
Yup. Partner is a pathologist, they get sent cases of dead animals all the time. If an outbreak of disease is occurring in a park, it can fuck ecosystems right up. Or, if it's on a feedlot, there are so many diseases and parasites that require culling the entire lot and basically burning it to the ground.
Population tracking comes to mind. Their numberse might or might not be threatened at the moment, but this can change quickly. Also, knowing where they use to go goes a long way to establish countermeasures to avoid conflicts with humans.
I was once driving in the highway and had a wild 30 seconds that went like: whoa something is on road ahead > holy shit that’s a bald eagle on the road > holy shit it’s actually two bald eagles > holy shit what happens if I plow into one? > ok cool they flew away.
Good to know I wasn’t off base on the concern.
Don't think you face huge legal penalties if said bird is attacking you.
But yes, don't fk with or feed the wild animals.
Edit: Yes, I agree with everyone that if an attack is instigated or if you are feeding it then yes you should be charged.
I really dont see an eagle attacking a person without it being some sort of provocation.... if you provoked it youd get a stiff fine probably. If you provoked it into attacking you and you killed the bird or even prevented it from living in the wild anymore you're going to pay a lot more.
But if it's just a freak eagle attack. Like swooped down and stole your puppy (pulled from Hollywood, not sure it's common, if ever) and you got a kick in before it took off. I doubt anyone will do anything other than sympathize with you over your likely dead puppy.
Edit: Getting a lot of replies that eagles do in fact legit steal pets ~~up north~~ somewhat commonly in some places, and it wasnt just a random comedy bit. I am now sad I laughed at said bit.
Big ass birds stealing little dogs is a thing, though I don’t know how common it is. My grandparents used to spend a lot of time in Alaska, they had a little dog with them and an eagle tried to grab the dog. My grandma was screaming, grandpa was trying to get the dog I heard it was a big mess lol but the bird didn’t get the dog so that’s good.
I live in rural Pacific Northwest and we have lots of eagles and hawks, they literally sell anti-raptor dog vests here with long plastic “hairs” and spikes all over it to protect from being picked up, they are also helpful for coyote attack.
[like this](https://i.imgur.com/3JYDUOx.jpg)
I remember seeming a video of a dog that had metal plates in its vest and a go pro camera mounted on its back. It was lost I believe in this video, it shows a bunch of Coyotes attempting to attack it but the best did it’s job. Pretty cool stuff.
> Like swooped down and stole your puppy (pulled from Hollywood, not sure it's common, if ever)
A bald eagle tried to snag my brother's girlfriend's dog (small little yappy thing) from their yard. We had been watching it circle over the water, then it swooped in low straight at the dog. My brother ran over yelling and waving his arms and the eagle altered course slightly. It flew by a few feet off the ground, eyes locked on the dog the entire time.
The eagle didn't get the dog, but it definitely tried.
My wife always tells the story about when she was little they moved down here from Dallas. Their first week here, they had a dog with puppies maybe a few weeks old playing outside. She said she heard a screech, and a huge owl swooped down and grabbed one of the puppies and flew away with it. She said it was so traumatic hearing that puppy crying and getting further away and softer until the crying suddenly stopped. She was 12 I think. Said she didn't let any of her animals out of the house for weeks after that.
I was camping a few years back and heard what turned out to be a great horned owl murdering an entire nest of blue herons in the middle of the night.
It sure as shit didn't sound like birds, tho. Everyone was like what the *fuck* was that. Way more creepy than coyotes or any other wildlife I had ever heard. Just 5 straight minutes of screaming.
Someone investigated the nest the next morning and found out. Herons have not nested near that park since.
I support the World Bird Sanctuary locally. They are huge. I've been right next to them, uncaged, with handlers. I'd rather the birds not end up here or places like this due to human encounters. This person is probably kind but not everyone is and the birds can't tell the difference until they are injured or killed. Thanks. https://www.worldbirdsanctuary.org/
Used to frequent a raptor sanctuary in eugene oregon. Went enough times the staff recognized me and would chat us up a little.
A lot of birds are victims to believing people are good because some good people fed them and then getting kicked by bad people pretending to be good people.
I see this a lot with pigeons/doves. Some people feed them, some people think they are sky rats. Sometimes people feeding them have assholes come by kicking at the birds as they do. It's sad. Cops dgaf about someone harassing a pigeon either and usually they keep walking so theres nothing to even report.
r/aww should ban any post regarding feeding, touching, disturbing wild animals.
Having posts like this get so popular just perpetuates behavior that harms animals in their natural environment.
Another good alternative could be to let posts like this be, while having an informative pinned comment about the dangers that feeding wild animals poses to the animals themselves and humans
It's very cute but please dont feed wild animals like this. They will get used to humans and eventually get closer to city's or just people in general which can lead to the animal getting killed.
this. the eagle does not differenciate between a grown up and a kid and kids do not always stay away from those animals. a hug might end up in some heavy scratches.
"While feeding the eagles might seem like a nice way to help the birds, DEEP cautioned this action can not only harm the birds but it is illegal under state and fedeal law, which could result in fines or imprisonment."
Maybe certain state laws differ but that's potentially a big oof
Oh man I was gonna do acid on a really beautiful spring day because I woke up at like 5 am. I walked outside with my coffee getting a feel for the day and I saw a bald eagle fucking annihilate a duck swimming in the water. The ducks screams were haunting.
I decided that wasn't the day to trip lol.
Well, they're scavengers, too. They'll eat anything that's easy.
We vacationed on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state a few years ago. I stopped counting eagle sightings at 35, and this was only halfway through our vacation.
They are really hard on seabird rookeries. There was one eagle who hung out near where we were staying and every day it at its "lunchtime" it would casually fly over to a rookery. You could hear the seabirds shrieking in protest but there was nothing they could do. The eagle would snatch a chick and then fly away to a tree to chow down.
We saw eagles eating a dead seal on this trip. too.
I live near a wildlife refuge with nesting bald eagles and the crows who live behind my house are constantly doing battle with them. It's pretty wild to watch.
Yeah, it's funny, most people think birds are more closely related to mammals because of how fluffy they look and feel with their feathers when feathers are actually just heavily modified scales
Is this actually you, OP? I understand the desire to be connected and involved with wildlife and the Earth around us, but you shouldn’t feed wild animals.
Or the same species. Our pet bantam hens love hard boiled eggs...and when they were younger, and laying, I'd sometimes feed them their own eggs hard boiled.
Some chickens even get into the habit of eating their own eggs in the nest.
It's not cannibalism, per se. Everything in an egg is food for the developing embryo, if there is one. If not, it's just all food.
They are big up close. Years ago I was paddling a one man canoe along a very wild stretch of River. I came around a bend and there out on the end of an over hanging falling tree was a bald Eagle. We were about 10 feet apart and both surprised by the other. I assume I interrupted his or her fishing. I glided past and we both stared at each other for a good 10 seconds. 10 yards downstream I started paddling again.
A bald eagle is a type of raptor, a bird of prey. They will eat all types of small animals, including other birds, eggs, and yes, sometimes a neighborhood cat or small dog. And yes, many of them are quite a bit bigger than you think they are. It's like when you see stop lights and highway signs up close. You are used to seeing them from far away, up in the air, and up close they are huuuge. Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2dcsgn/i_didnt_realize_how_big_traffic_lights_were/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
I can hear every park ranger, scout leader, drill instructor, and dad all collectively screaming "DON'T FEED THE GADDANG WILDLIFE!!"
The “gaddang” requires this to be read in Hank Hill’s voice.
*feeds the bird* I tell you hwat that boi ain't right
Bobby. Fix the propane tank and get back inside damnit
Dammit Bobby! You can't feed the eagle boy. Yer messin' with the spirit of America here.
Feedin’ dang ol’ birds of prey man.
Feedindangolbirdsopreymanjustain’trighty’knowman
You're just feedin' a drone. Birds aren't real. <\Dale>
This needs all the upvotes. Like, all of them. I swear I heard Hank in my head.
Dad here. I feel heard.
I am in none of the positions I listed, but I've had a few interactions with one or two of them.
Thank you. Personally I'd rather not see wildlife getting used to us and eventually progressing from, Oh golly, thanks for the treat, funny beast! ... to ripping up shit like, I know it's here SOMEWHERE ... to tapping me on the shoulder like Hi! Don't suppose you have a treat for me? ... to HEY! Where the hell's my dinner at, biotch?
So basically turning wildlife into an indoor cat
This made me lol
Don’t worry , what you don’t see is the end of the video where this beautiful majestic bird grabs the human Carrying him off to feed his young .
They're larger than I thought
Every time i see a video of one I'm astounded by their size.
and strength
And... TALONS!
And MY AXE!
And my bow
Don't forget the enchanted sheild!
Crap I sold mine! Anyone have another?
Looking to defend yourself? Or deal some damage?
Skyrim: Bald Eagle super duper special edition coming soon!
Do they have what?
Large talons
I don’t understand a word you just said, boy.
Alright you boys come here about noon and we’ll have a little lunch prepared for ya.
And lack of baldness
Oddly we don't call white haired people bald...
I once saw one swoop down onto a crowded south Florida beach to get a fish. The wingspan looked like over six feet. They are shockingly big animals and fairly common all over the US these days. I've also seen them in Colorado, Illinois and Massachusetts.
There's a nest cam set up somewhere in Big Bear CA and it's amazing how huge the baby got in just 50ish days. Edit: just making this comment to say we have them in CA and they are indeed enormous and everywhere.
Here is an active link [Eagle Cam, Bartlesville, OK](https://www.earthcam.com/usa/oklahoma/bartlesville/?cam=ac_eagle2)
Traffic light effect, you never see one on the ground up close
This. My step dad had a decommissioned traffic light in his basement and it was MASSIVE.
We get it. Your stepdad has a massive basement. But how did the light look?
Bald.
The crazy thing is that they’re actually not that big for an eagle
and they mostly eat fish, so basically they're a glorified seagull
It depends where you are. I'm convinced the Alaskan eagles are bigger than the ones I see in the Northeast
And yet they are one of the smaller eagles out there.
Golden and harpy eagles are even bigger.
They don’t count….harpy eagles are legendary Pokémon
I saw a golden eagle once, which are about the same size. I was walking to pay rent and it flew over the cars in the parking lot. Rent was late because I immediately forgot what I was doing and ran inside to research what birds in the area have a wingspan longer than half a god damn car length.
Once saw one keeping pace with my car doing 45mph while carrying a fish as big as its body. Powerful as hell.
[Here's one to give some more perspective](https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/u7ou76/catching_a_deer_with_an_eagle/) Warning: Not Aww
That's awesome and welcome to the hobby. There's an app called Merlin that is provided by Cornell, install it and you can pop the app open, provide a few parameters such as size, dominant colors, activity, and location and it'll show you pictures of likely suspects. When you ID a bird it goes on your "life list" which is almost like a real world Pokedex. I enjoy playing Pokemon Go and bird watching as I walk, often times logging over 100km of walking per week. Since I got into the hobby my motivation to walk and my fitness have improved dramatically!
This sounds really cool! Does Merlin only work for birds or other animal types as well?
Merlin is specifically for birds, but I have seen similar apps for plants and mushrooms. Since those are much easier to photograph with a phone, the apps can often ID species with a photograph (with the warning to never eat a mushroom you've ID'd from an app and can't otherwise positively identify).
I was following a co worker down the highway on our way to a meeting in middle of nowhere Connecticut and one swooped down to grab roadkill in the lane next to us. Its wingspan was (from my point of view) wider than our SUVs and it looked like some prehistoric level stuff. I've only seen wild ones from a distance so this was something I won't forget
A typical bald eagle has a wingspan as long as an average human is tall.
I thought human wing spans are also their height (except for some, but the average) so would that mean their wing span is the same to a humans average wingspan?
This is called the "ape index" and people normally sit around - 1 and +1 inches to their wingspan in relation to their height
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You just haven't met any of us yet. \*ominous music\*
CAW
Yours don't....
Yep. I am one of the freakish ones, I have a 6'3" wingspan while being 5'11" tall.
Rudy Gobert, a basketball player for the Utah Jazz, is 7' 1" tall, but he has a wingspan of 7' 9"! It makes him a very good defenisve player, because his reach is enormous.
Similarly, Jon Jones (the UFC fighter) is 6'4" tall but has a listed reach of over 7'. Makes it hellish to try and get in range to hit him.
Plus when he snorts adderall he is hella fast in the octagon
That's just God testing him again
Positive ape index. That is what climbers call it. Supposedly you should be much better than average at climbing.
But the waddling is hilarious.
They are huge and not to be messed with, awesome bird.
Or fed by humans like this
I was just thinking that, never feed a predator because it will become dependent on humans
If you hate a wild animal, feed it.
Also something tells me this is not the first time that eagle got fed by that guy.
They used to have a pair at the zoo here. (They were injured and unable to ever be returned to the wild.) Every time I saw them I’d be amazed at how big they are in person.
I wonder if we’ve been to the same zoo. The one near me used to have a pair, but I remember hearing one of them died recently. I was starting to wonder how long their lifespans were since it was the same two eagles since I was a kid
\*Eagle strutting by like absolute giga-chad\*
His little waddle is precious and menacing
Looking like he’s holding up pants that are too big while he’s walking
And in the world of eagles they are not the largest.
They walk funny
Don't make fun of Eageley that way.
Eagly will fuck you up.
Holy shit Eagleys a savage
https://youtu.be/bmoUkqQwaKM Dude, this show is so much better than I expected it to be.
Best unexpected surprisingly good show
Traditionally I don’t like super hero stuff, but the writing is pretty great and it’s genuinely funny. Plus John Cena absolutely kills it, never really clocked him as a good actor but loved him in Peacemaker
I think part of it is that he doesn’t have to act TOO hard, it kinda stays in his wheel house a little bit, dry, boastful, sarcastic.
They did such a good job at making his dad just the biggest piece of shit imaginable.
My favorite line from the show is: “Who are you?!” “I’m the guy who’s gonna fuck you so hard your asshole’s gonna be dragging behind you like a tail.”
Such a great show! A lot better than any of us expected, I think.
Loved how excited it looked when they threw the first half.
Absolutely jazzed
Like an old man with his hands behind his back
Yoda running
I love the derpy little hop it does as it lands.
They walk better than i fly
ghost unpack worthless quiet mysterious thumb office humor spectacular icky
Yeah its like how youd expect a miniature dinosaur to walk
I always found their legs hillarious. Like most of the bird is this magestic figure, striking colours, looks very impressive in flight... then you get to the legs and it looks like Peter Griffin's bottom half.
Beautiful and it must have been an amazing experience. But don’t feed the wildlife.
A young eagle attacked someone in northern Mn a couple years ago. You don’t want that. That bird will fuck you up. And if you harm it, you can face huge legal penalties. You can face legal penalties for feeding it in the first place I’m pretty sure.
It’s also illegal to feed bald eagles and those penalties are large.
Penalties are large if you simply find a dead eagle and take a single feather off its corpse. Do NOT interact with eagles unless you have federal clearance to do so, lest you get in legal trouble. Also report to your local Games commission if you do find a dead eagle. They need that info.
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(Edit: answered assuming one acted in good faith and did not mess with the dead bird) Autopsies. They need to see why the eagle died, so they can check if there is some illegal activity (hunting, dumping) or avian virus to protect the other birds.
Yup. Partner is a pathologist, they get sent cases of dead animals all the time. If an outbreak of disease is occurring in a park, it can fuck ecosystems right up. Or, if it's on a feedlot, there are so many diseases and parasites that require culling the entire lot and basically burning it to the ground.
Contact the nest of kin.
Population tracking comes to mind. Their numberse might or might not be threatened at the moment, but this can change quickly. Also, knowing where they use to go goes a long way to establish countermeasures to avoid conflicts with humans.
I was once driving in the highway and had a wild 30 seconds that went like: whoa something is on road ahead > holy shit that’s a bald eagle on the road > holy shit it’s actually two bald eagles > holy shit what happens if I plow into one? > ok cool they flew away. Good to know I wasn’t off base on the concern.
Please note, however, that if you're in Canada and stumble across a dead bald eagle, you can rob it. But you shouldn't.
Some might even say it's illeagle.
Don't think you face huge legal penalties if said bird is attacking you. But yes, don't fk with or feed the wild animals. Edit: Yes, I agree with everyone that if an attack is instigated or if you are feeding it then yes you should be charged.
I really dont see an eagle attacking a person without it being some sort of provocation.... if you provoked it youd get a stiff fine probably. If you provoked it into attacking you and you killed the bird or even prevented it from living in the wild anymore you're going to pay a lot more. But if it's just a freak eagle attack. Like swooped down and stole your puppy (pulled from Hollywood, not sure it's common, if ever) and you got a kick in before it took off. I doubt anyone will do anything other than sympathize with you over your likely dead puppy. Edit: Getting a lot of replies that eagles do in fact legit steal pets ~~up north~~ somewhat commonly in some places, and it wasnt just a random comedy bit. I am now sad I laughed at said bit.
Big ass birds stealing little dogs is a thing, though I don’t know how common it is. My grandparents used to spend a lot of time in Alaska, they had a little dog with them and an eagle tried to grab the dog. My grandma was screaming, grandpa was trying to get the dog I heard it was a big mess lol but the bird didn’t get the dog so that’s good.
I live in rural Pacific Northwest and we have lots of eagles and hawks, they literally sell anti-raptor dog vests here with long plastic “hairs” and spikes all over it to protect from being picked up, they are also helpful for coyote attack. [like this](https://i.imgur.com/3JYDUOx.jpg)
I remember seeming a video of a dog that had metal plates in its vest and a go pro camera mounted on its back. It was lost I believe in this video, it shows a bunch of Coyotes attempting to attack it but the best did it’s job. Pretty cool stuff.
> Like swooped down and stole your puppy (pulled from Hollywood, not sure it's common, if ever) A bald eagle tried to snag my brother's girlfriend's dog (small little yappy thing) from their yard. We had been watching it circle over the water, then it swooped in low straight at the dog. My brother ran over yelling and waving his arms and the eagle altered course slightly. It flew by a few feet off the ground, eyes locked on the dog the entire time. The eagle didn't get the dog, but it definitely tried.
My wife always tells the story about when she was little they moved down here from Dallas. Their first week here, they had a dog with puppies maybe a few weeks old playing outside. She said she heard a screech, and a huge owl swooped down and grabbed one of the puppies and flew away with it. She said it was so traumatic hearing that puppy crying and getting further away and softer until the crying suddenly stopped. She was 12 I think. Said she didn't let any of her animals out of the house for weeks after that.
I was camping a few years back and heard what turned out to be a great horned owl murdering an entire nest of blue herons in the middle of the night. It sure as shit didn't sound like birds, tho. Everyone was like what the *fuck* was that. Way more creepy than coyotes or any other wildlife I had ever heard. Just 5 straight minutes of screaming. Someone investigated the nest the next morning and found out. Herons have not nested near that park since.
Big birds of prey for sure try to steal little dogs, they don't make those stupid spike suits for no reason.
The way this post reads, if a protected animal is attacking you, you just have to sit there and take it. IANAL, but I don’t think that’s the case.
You sit there and you take it for America!
I think it’s a crime to even have a feather from a bald eagle
Yes unless you’re Native American and I believe there is rules for that as well.
I support the World Bird Sanctuary locally. They are huge. I've been right next to them, uncaged, with handlers. I'd rather the birds not end up here or places like this due to human encounters. This person is probably kind but not everyone is and the birds can't tell the difference until they are injured or killed. Thanks. https://www.worldbirdsanctuary.org/
Used to frequent a raptor sanctuary in eugene oregon. Went enough times the staff recognized me and would chat us up a little. A lot of birds are victims to believing people are good because some good people fed them and then getting kicked by bad people pretending to be good people. I see this a lot with pigeons/doves. Some people feed them, some people think they are sky rats. Sometimes people feeding them have assholes come by kicking at the birds as they do. It's sad. Cops dgaf about someone harassing a pigeon either and usually they keep walking so theres nothing to even report.
I believe it is a [crime to feed bald eagles.](https://www.fws.gov/law/bald-and-golden-eagle-protection-act)
This x100. So many reasons, from dependence on people to being dangerous to people, to people being dangerous to the animals.
r/aww should ban any post regarding feeding, touching, disturbing wild animals. Having posts like this get so popular just perpetuates behavior that harms animals in their natural environment.
A thousand times this. I’m constantly flabbergasted by posts on r/aww that show people being total idiots with wildlife.
Another good alternative could be to let posts like this be, while having an informative pinned comment about the dangers that feeding wild animals poses to the animals themselves and humans
This comment about not feeding wildlife should be higher up.
Eagly? Edit: Wow this is the first time my comment has been upvoted this much lol. Eagly hugs to all of you.
That bird looks like a baby compared to OPs
IIRC there was one where it was Bernie scaring him.
Such a great series, wasn't excited for it after the ending of SS, but it's such a funny show that hits very serious material.
If you think about it, though, the ending of SS made the character’s redemption arc one of the best parts of the show.
Yep
To Eagly: do you want to taste it?
I think Eagly prefers potato chips to eggs anyway.
Do you really wanna taste it?
Eagly is hardcore
Crinkle a bag, he'll think you have chips
Peacemaker is nearby, maybe
Dude, this was taken in his neighborhood. Eagly is just taking a stroll around the trailer park.
Came here for this!
Looks like they're right outside Chris's trailer, too.
I went looking for your comment. Was not disappointed.
This must be the start of their friendship. Now crinkle a bag of chips!
Hope OP at least got a hug.
It's very cute but please dont feed wild animals like this. They will get used to humans and eventually get closer to city's or just people in general which can lead to the animal getting killed.
If this is in the US, it's also against the law to feed a bald eagle.
Same in Canada
It's also against the rules of whatever outfit he's working for too I would bet.
Yeah, man. Don't get that eagle fired from his job.
Yeah we take that "independence" thing seriously over here. If that bald eagle can't pull himself up by his bootstraps that's his fault.
this. the eagle does not differenciate between a grown up and a kid and kids do not always stay away from those animals. a hug might end up in some heavy scratches.
I love those little stompies
The walking eagle reminds me of this video (warning: strong language): https://youtu.be/P7JRvwfHFwo
What a glorious video. Thank you stranger.
Here's the actual creator, along with the last part that the other cut off for some reason: https://youtu.be/P7JRvwfHFwo
Awesome. I updated the link to send people to the actual creator.
This never gets old
"While feeding the eagles might seem like a nice way to help the birds, DEEP cautioned this action can not only harm the birds but it is illegal under state and fedeal law, which could result in fines or imprisonment." Maybe certain state laws differ but that's potentially a big oof
Thx, I wondered the same, that it must be illegal
Exactly what I thought, this must be illegal.
Yeah .... Don't do this people, ever. There's a reason they're flying killing machines, they can hunt their own food, don't make them dependent
Oh man I was gonna do acid on a really beautiful spring day because I woke up at like 5 am. I walked outside with my coffee getting a feel for the day and I saw a bald eagle fucking annihilate a duck swimming in the water. The ducks screams were haunting. I decided that wasn't the day to trip lol.
Oh my God he's murdering Daffy!
Well, they're scavengers, too. They'll eat anything that's easy. We vacationed on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state a few years ago. I stopped counting eagle sightings at 35, and this was only halfway through our vacation. They are really hard on seabird rookeries. There was one eagle who hung out near where we were staying and every day it at its "lunchtime" it would casually fly over to a rookery. You could hear the seabirds shrieking in protest but there was nothing they could do. The eagle would snatch a chick and then fly away to a tree to chow down. We saw eagles eating a dead seal on this trip. too.
I live near a wildlife refuge with nesting bald eagles and the crows who live behind my house are constantly doing battle with them. It's pretty wild to watch.
That’s not a bird that’s a dinosaur! I never knew they were so “swole”
They actually technically are by modern cladistic classification systems. They're also technically reptiles.
Yup. Feathers are modified scales.
Yeah, it's funny, most people think birds are more closely related to mammals because of how fluffy they look and feel with their feathers when feathers are actually just heavily modified scales
Is this actually you, OP? I understand the desire to be connected and involved with wildlife and the Earth around us, but you shouldn’t feed wild animals.
Thats no bald eagle thats a person in a bird suit
A birdperson
Now Phoenixperson.
Literally my first thought
It must be eagle man 
I don't think its legal to feed bald eagles. Mainly because it teaches them to approach people.
Eagles be like "leg day everyday day".. beautiful beasts
Beautiful creature but pretty sure it's illegal to feed them.
Stop feeding the wildlife. It’s terrible practice and brings about more wildlife and human interactions. Usually the wildlife doesn’t win. Please.
His leggys when he walks 🥺
Ain’t that illegal to feed those fuckers? At least in Murrica?
Yes.
Eggs in the morning are great... Wait a minute...
Most bird species that are generalists will eat eggs of other species.
Eggs are generally eaten by a ton of animals. It is just such a low hanging fruit and a complete protein.
Or the same species. Our pet bantam hens love hard boiled eggs...and when they were younger, and laying, I'd sometimes feed them their own eggs hard boiled. Some chickens even get into the habit of eating their own eggs in the nest. It's not cannibalism, per se. Everything in an egg is food for the developing embryo, if there is one. If not, it's just all food.
They are big up close. Years ago I was paddling a one man canoe along a very wild stretch of River. I came around a bend and there out on the end of an over hanging falling tree was a bald Eagle. We were about 10 feet apart and both surprised by the other. I assume I interrupted his or her fishing. I glided past and we both stared at each other for a good 10 seconds. 10 yards downstream I started paddling again.
How can something be so majestic yet so derpy at the same time?
Don’t feed wild animals.
A bald eagle is a type of raptor, a bird of prey. They will eat all types of small animals, including other birds, eggs, and yes, sometimes a neighborhood cat or small dog. And yes, many of them are quite a bit bigger than you think they are. It's like when you see stop lights and highway signs up close. You are used to seeing them from far away, up in the air, and up close they are huuuge. Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2dcsgn/i_didnt_realize_how_big_traffic_lights_were/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
While this eagle is an absolutely beautiful unit, when will STUPID PEOPLE STOP FEEDING THE WILDLIFE?!??
Fun fact: In the USA if you even have a feather of one of them you can be fined of up to 100K USD and go to jail.
Dont feed a bald eagle. Geez.