We were heading down on a trip to visit a friend and on the side of the road was:
THIS!!!!:
He was eating road kill and then took off in a wonderful, wide wing-spreaded flight!
A glorious sight!:
This is an over-exposed shot of him on the side of the road, right before he flew:
(I was in a hurry. It was very sunny....so I just shot the shot from my camera, no time to make adjustments!)
When he took off, he soared and soared above my head. I thanked him for letting me take his photo, but I was also a little scared he was going to land on my head with those claws!:
Here is a little blurry version of a closeup:
Look at the wingspan and those feathers!!:
And those white tailfeathers fanning out!:
Wow!!!:
One gorgeous, huge eagle:
I know they can be mean and kill other animals.
But I am still in awe of this majestic breed of birds.....
and I was SO happy to catch one on camera that day.
