I'm jealous, I think I've only ever seen one at a zoo twenty years ago. I think they're extremely cool looking birds, I would love to see one in the wild, but they don't appear to hang out much in NYC.
Kinda majestic and noble looking, though.
The really scary birds are the occasional Falcons that move so fast and so low I’m both startled and confused when they buzz the yard.
It doesn't surprise me that they're smart. It feels like the insult "bird brain" is decidedly a pretty bad insult, because birds aren't stupid.
The majestic call you hear in ads with bald eagles is actually that of the red-tailed hawk.
They are big beautiful animals. But they are also lazy dumpster-diving scavengers.
Careful! That's not always a given!