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Wait til you see Golden Eagles :) We have a mating pair of Balds and it is fun to watch their young get bigger and then take off. Every year around the same tim
by sethammons 6y ago
Wait til you see Golden Eagles :) We have a mating pair of Balds and it is fun to watch their young get bigger and then take off. Every year around the same time, we have a giant Golden that cruises around the lake and forest. The first time I saw it, I couldn't believe how big it was. Like, over a 7ft wingspan. I realize Balds are close, but this Golden one is a monster.
- dboreham 6y agoCame to say the same thing: Bald Eagles are I think regular sized. Golden Eagles are like "whoa, someone zoomed that eagle to 3X".
- SigmundA 6y agoThere is variation, some balds are bigger too especially more north. Generally though the two are almost identical in size: https://www.avianreport.com/bald-eagle-wingspan-versus-birds-prey/ https://www.avianreport.com/bald-eagle-wingspan-versus-birds...
- gcheong 6y agoThere's some video on YouTube of Golden Eagles pulling young mountain goats off mountain cliffs to kill for food. On the flip-side, seeing our "majestic" Baldies scavenging for food at an Alaskan trash dump like a common seagull was a bit incongruous with my image of them until that point as well.
- kirubakaran 6y agoWait till you see Albatrosses :) 11ft wingspan :-p
- wiredfool 6y agoAn albatross isn't likely to drop out of a fir and fly off in a huff while I'm figuring out why the chickens are seriously unhappy. Also, semi off topic -- Great horned owls like using inflatable pools as bird baths.
- kirubakaran 6y agoThat's what Big Alba want you to think.