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They are amazing birds. I know that they are big, but it really doesn't hit home until you see one close up. A few years ago, I was at my mom's place in FL. There's a lake behind her place that's often full of ducks. We were inside and I noticed something through the window that was swooping down over the lake a couple of times. She was out on the porch and called me. Turns out what I'd seen was a juvenile bald eagle making the last of 3 passes over a duck that was swimming in the lake. Ducks are usually fairly big birds compared to your avg backyard song bird, but the Eagle towered over it and then after a short rest, flew off with the not quite dead duck in its talons.