there's some freaky perspective shit going on there. They're big. but they're not economy car big.
The wingsman can easily be 8 to 9 ft if it's female
Look at the first picture, wings aren’t spread. The largest baldies are recorded as having 8 foot wingspans- in alaska. They tend to be smaller closer to the equator.
For comparison, if that’s a Hyundai Elantra behind it, it’s 15 feet long. (Close enough for 4 doors whatever it is.)
From what I can see : The car is down slope and probably 35 ft away. The eagle is on the slope and probably 15 ft away. It has an 8 to 9-ft wingspan roughly.
I've had one of these land on my boat before so I'm familiar with raptor sizes from the Mid-Atlantic East Coast, USA.
yes. it's forced perspective. which is what I alluded to by saying "some freaky perspective shit going on"
not saying the bird is actually ginormous. just that it looks ginormous. they're big birds. Big, dumb birds. (I agree with with Franklin. turkeys > bald eagles. also there's something hilarious about them trying to get crab apples
Can I subscribe to Mid-Atlantic Raptor Facts?
Yeah the bird is on a flat roof maybe a garage or something similar on the same height or slightly below the window
Brother, the eagle is standing on grass
Grass roofs are amazing.
Yeah whatever surface it's on, it's slightly elevated. It's a big bird but there's some optical illusion going on.
Need banana for scale
Moped big at most, since we're measuring in vehicles.
E-bike is the best I can do.
Sold!
I think there's oil in that there yard.
Cue red tailed hawk screaming in the distance
Please correct me if I'm wrong.....but I'm fairly certain that's a vulture.
Seems like an eagle to me. At least in North America, Bald eagles can be considerably larger than vultures. Oh and baldies are also carrion eaters.
Does the US have unusually small vultures? Mexican vultures are famous, and much larger than a bald eagle, but even here in Brazil our vultures are about the size of a bald eagle.
Condors are vultures too.
I am aware, I was pointing to what was being referred to
Condors are planes.
Condors are Superman.
I think so too. The pic on the left its easier to see its head.
Thought the title said "Magafauna", which also works
Well, no, not really. Back during the 2016 election don poorleon did a photoshoot with a bald eagle and the bird attacked him. I still love the pure symbolism there, the symbol of American democracy considered him a threat.
"Get that tiny hand away from me!"
Was that before or after the Birdie incident?
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Omg - just looked up eagle wingspan and it's wider than the height of any human I've ever met
Griffin?
Door
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