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Blogs > keithcancook > The Venting Blog

Symbol of a Nation's Pride  

keithcancook 67M
7834 posts
4/23/2010 9:12 pm
Symbol of a Nation's Pride




So, I went down to the Catawba River this afternoon to hike the trails of the McDowell Nature Preserve. I saw something I have not seen in the wild before.

A bald eagle! I was near the river's edge, and he came swooping across the cove, wings spread wide as he swerved and dodged two little blackbirds who were harassing him.

As he turned one final time I got a good look at him from about 25 yards out. That was when I knew for sure what sort of raptor he was. His white-feathered head was stunning in the sunlight.

Yanno, upon further reflection what I witnessed is somewhat of a metaphor for my country. A proud nation being pecked at by pesky little terrorist crows.

blog on!
TnWitchyWoman 63F
6843 posts
4/24/2010 1:29 am

 I saw two of them perched in a tree on the side of the highway in Western Tennessee when we were on our way to visit my oldest daughter. They really are AMAZING. So glad we have both gotten such a treat!


marysia4u 68F
15417 posts
4/24/2010 4:28 am

 Always so special when we see something magnificent in the wild, instead of behind bars at a zoo, or in a cage.

I am still yet to see a Koala in the wild.


keithcancook 67M
18358 posts
4/24/2010 8:19 am
    Quoting  :
I think it is a fact of life that no matter what your size, something smaller will try and take a piece out of you.

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keithcancook 67M
18358 posts
4/24/2010 8:22 am
    Quoting  :
Thank you, Shy. I agree with you, of course. It is good news that we stopped using the poisons that were harming the raptors in the environment. Also, that we have tried to provide natural areas for them to flourish.

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keithcancook 67M
18358 posts
4/24/2010 8:24 am
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It was totally cool, emeritebelle! I stayed there for a long time hoping to see more.

Say, aren't you running out of "sleeps" by now?

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keithcancook 67M
18358 posts
4/24/2010 8:26 am
    Quoting TnWitchyWoman:
    I saw two of them perched in a tree on the side of the highway in Western Tennessee when we were on our way to visit my oldest daughter. They really are AMAZING. So glad we have both gotten such a treat!
One of the cool things about eagles is that they mate for life. I haven't seen two together (at least when I was sure they were of the bald variety) before.

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keithcancook 67M
18358 posts
4/24/2010 8:28 am
    Quoting marysia4u:
    Always so special when we see something magnificent in the wild, instead of behind bars at a zoo, or in a cage.

    I am still yet to see a Koala in the wild.

You will have to remedy that, marysia. Take a walk in the woods whenever you can! Thank you for visiting again, and

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keithcancook 67M
18358 posts
4/24/2010 8:31 am
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Hello there, Sunuvagunn! Welcome to The Venting Blog!

Awesome comment you have left here for all of us. We thank you for both it, and your service to our homeland.

blog on!


mediumWalter 47M
4236 posts
4/26/2010 9:20 am

 Definitely a treat. The last time I saw a Bald Eagle was on this last Thanksgiving Day (I saw it flying over Lake Houston).

Aw, but shucks, I love blackbirds--Crows, Ravens and Red-winged Blackbirds and Mynah birds. The Crows have made a comeback after West Nile virus tore through their ranks. Guess I'll have to think of the terrorists as Avian flu or something.

At first, when I saw Catawba River, I thought, "Wasn't that where Deliverance was filmed?" But, no, that was the Chattooga River.
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