Let the Eagle So......Oh Sh*t !!!!

[marmar]

Bald eagles attack post office at Alaska port
By Yereth Rosen | Reuters – Tue, Jun 14, 2011


ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A pair of bald eagles nesting near the Post Office in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, has taken to dive-bombing customers, in one case drawing blood, authorities said on Tuesday.

The eagles are raising newly hatched chicks for the second consecutive year in a nest on a bluff by the post office.

And for the second consecutive year, they have been trying to chase off people -- apparently unaware that the Postal Service uses a stylized eagle as its logo.

Two people were attacked last week, and one of the eagles swooped down on a patron on Monday, Alaska State Wildlife Troopers spokesman Sergeant Robin Morrisett said. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://beta.news.yahoo.com/bald-eagles-attack-post-office-alaska-port-013829745.html

[sharp_stick]

1. On the farm where I grew up

we had some Golden Eagles in a small forested area out in the middle of nowhere at the back of a field. We learned pretty quickly that in the late spring you don't get out of the truck/tractor unless you want to be dive bombed by at least one of the parents. Nobody ever got hurt but my brother deciding to be brave (stupid) one year walked up to the edge of the tree with the nest in it and was promptly covered by more Eagle shit than I ever thought possible.

[barbtries]

4. great story.

i can only imagine. eagles are exotic and unheard of where i came from. crows and pigeons.

[stevenleser]

2. If you have never seen an adult Eagle, you don't know how scary this is. Those are BIG birds!

With huge talons.

[mimitabby]

5. i duck when crows swoop down on me!!!

[Blue Owl]

3. Let The Eagle Gore?

Hmm, Aschcroft might want to consider a lyric change...