Eagles are lazy bastards (I photograph for a science research group).
They are a step up from vultures and buzzards in my book (the step being they do also hunt in addition to scrounging).
Just give ma a falcon any day !
“Eagles are lazy bastards”
One of my favorite movies is “The Wind and the Lion”. Brian Keith portrays Theodore Roosevelt. During a scene at a Yellowstone hunting camp he is musing about why the grizzly bear is not America’s mascot.
“The bald eagle is nothing more than a dandified vulture.”
Having watched them scavenge when I lived in Alaska I agree.