On the side of my house(about 40ft away I have a 12 x 24 ft High Barn shed I keep my ATV in. Can hear a chipmunk chirping in the big maple right beside shed.
So here we are out back(dog and I)and I hear this (wham on the ground, and out of corner of my eye notice this dark object falling threw tree.(a limb I thought????) start to walk over there and I see movement???
Think-----if I go inside and walk down to computer room I will be able to see (what it is without doggie scaring whatever???)
So----now I am in computer room-----see a big movement about 3 ft off ground, and see what appears to be a big wing stretched out???
Thinking-----boy, that looks like a Turkey wing ???(big) (injured turkey??) Grab the 12x50 Nikon Binoculars. Look through some underbrush next to tree.
Sitting on top of a downed branch that I had the power company trim off about 6 months ago-----was a huge eagle. (not bald headed)
Really big and it had what looked like a squirrel I thought oh no the little rabbits wife has been giving carrots????
The thud that thing made when it hit the ground----was absolutely unbelievable. You would think it would have been injured.
I did get a photo/tried video too of it with my camera(Nikon Coolpix)but I don't know if its clear enough to get a good pic(I zoomed it and again it was only about 50ft away from house window.
Bottom line-------I tie out my mini schnauzer sometimes for a while to back door-----that big raptor-------the way it slamed the ground-----it would whack that dog in a blink???
Well if it does-------------here comes my other Lab pup(for sure)
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but honestly-------I love that little barker too!