rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

Canon 5DSR with Tamron 150-600 @ 600mm - f6.3 @ 1/1000 ISO400 - Backroad SE of King George, Va.

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vonzip Loc: cape cod

Nice shot and I discovery more and more each day just how insignificant I really am as this photo so strongly suggests. Well done. vz

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

Very nice shot.

Robyn H Loc: MainLine PA

I'm not sure how this photo points out anyone's insignificance, but it is a nice photo.
As insignificant as I may be, I usually feel quite significant in my own little world, kinda like my version of Zaphod Beeblebrox (no doubt misspelled). We are only as significant or insignificant in our own world as we want or need to be.
In this case, you were very significant in capturing such a nice photo of such a beautiful animal.

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

Thanks, Eric - and me, too.

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

Thank you very much, Kmgw9v.

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

I agree with you Robyn - the title was meant to be the eagle expressing his point of view, not mine. And thank you very much for your kind comments.

brucebil

Beautiful shot

East Banana

insignificant yet enchanting, is how I see myself. If you come near me I will smother you with BS to distract you from the reality of me...

wait, that's normal then isn't it? I'm just normal then? Huh?

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Outstanding capture!

East Banana

Our nation's symbol is personified by a female....

The female bald eagle is the largest and dominant of the species, she chooses her mate based on when he lets go from a free fall with her to Earth...if he lets' go too soon? Not worthy, hit the bricks .....

Our symbol of strength is a female in the USA

That's significant....

Now that you read this? It's almost October and this is when Osprey start to migrate through the flyways along waterways. Another very family oriented Hawk but not at peace with Bald Eagles, a hawk that needs lots of room and some privacy to raise its young. When you look the skies now, you will remember what I told you and try to determine which gender you see. Eagles are actually Hawks btw, just a bigger class ...\but as the saying goes it is not the size of the dog in a fight, it's the size of the fight in a dog that matters....Redtails are some BAD hawks ...that will attack any eagle anytime ...but in tandem, they aren't stupid. They will ambush a Bald Eagle motoring along from out of no where .... boom! Bald Eagles will drown in water if they get wet, an osprey shakes out like dog and lifts out of water from any location ..Bald Eagles have to swim for shore to save their lives and then wait to dry out, where ground predators can get them?

Woman should carry a Bald Eagle as a symbol of their power?

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

Thank you very much, Bruce.

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

Also I've heard (though I haven't seen it myself) that an eagle can drown if they catch too big a fish to fly with. Once they grip one their talons lock and they can't let go.

rplain1 Loc: Dayton, Oh.

Thank you so much, UT.

Robyn H Loc: MainLine PA

Actually, Bald Eagles are not Hawks, they are Bald Eagles; just like Golden Eagles are not Hawks or Bald Eagles, they are Golden Eagles.
Hawks, Eagles and Kites are all members of the family accipitridae, not to be confused with accipiters which are all Hawks.
I don't know where you heard eagles will drown if they get wet. They can swim. You even say so in the sentence following the will drown if they get wet sentence. Eagles, like many birds, don't like to get wet because, unlike cormorants, their feathers don't expel water and the added weight of the water makes it hard to fly.
As for the national symbol being a female bald eagle, how can you tell. True, the female is larger than the male, but without a male female pair as reference, how can you tell if it's male or female?!