Bald Eagle takes flight

[alemorkam]

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[Velvet]

Powerful image. Which reminds me, on my morning walk one of these guys flew very close to me, beak first. At about 10 feet the bird veered off. I had stopped taken my sweater off ready to swat. Never seen one so close up. A little too close for comfort.

[larbud]

Nice launch shot!