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Originally Posted by johnco

this guy a couple blocks from me has a huge owl and q humongous bald eagle in his back yard. He's licensed and rehabilitates them I think . That bald eagle is one big mofo when seen from 3 ft away. we see chicken hawks all around here and I thought they are good size birds. probably make just a snack for that bald eagle

Bald Eagles are big

The Bald Eagle is a large bird, with a body length of 71–106 cm (28–42 in), a wingspan of 183–234 cm, (72–96 in), and a mass of 3–7 kg (6.6–15.5 lb); females are about 25 percent larger than males.

2.5'-3.5' long body and 6'-8' wingspan. Yeah, I'd say that's big.

Another bird that's not nearly that big, but still pretty impressive to see close up...

Only about 1.5' long.

We have lots of hawks around here. I had a red shouldered hawk in a tree in my back yard one day. Another time, driving home from work past an open field, I saw a hawk take off from the top of a light pole, soar out over the field and go from a horizontal soar to a vertical drop. It was really cool to see him getting dinner.

Good luck with the bird!