An eagle landed on a girl's shoulder today at FSU while she was

[democrat in Tallahassee]

sitting out in the courtyard. Then it flew over and landed on another girl's shoulder. they screamed and it flew into a tree. I think it was a bald eagle. Now if one would just come down and bite Jeb's nose off, that'd be great.

[mr_hat]

1. Maybe the eagle mistook her for the Sea of Tranquility.

[RetroLounge]

11. Okay, now that was funny...

RL

[Spinzonner]

2. Was its name Apollo ?

[Lefty48197]

3. Or at least, it could crap on his head

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[The Backlash Cometh]

4. It's probably a tamed eagle, which has since been let go in the

wild.

[aquart]

6. That's what I was thinking.

Wild eagles don't do that.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. Yes, but now I'm worried, because I can only imagine that it

would do that if it was hungry and associates humans with free scraps.

[kikiek]

5. It is a sign of good luck.

[underpants]

7. Generally that is seen as a good sign for Democracy

Now if Ben Franklin had had his way the national bird would have been a turkey.

[bigwillq]

9. Oh, I wish it landed my me!

They are so lucky. Eagles are beautiful creatures.

[kokomo]

10. So was anyone in the area shooting a political commercial?

[SpiralHawk]

12. The Eagle Nation is disturbed

They feel something coming.

EAGLE'S MIGRATION MYSTERY
October 22, 2004

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/22/1098316831941.html

European birdwatchers are scratching their heads over why a particular species of bird, the booted eagle, is migrating north this northern winter instead of to the balmier south.

According to the Bird Protection League, nearly 1,000 of the rare eagles have been spotted in southern France over the past two weeks -- more than 30 times the normal number -- after reversing their normal September movement which should see them head to Africa and India.

The bizarre phenomenon has never been seen before, the league stressed.

Speculation that the birds, which have a wingspan of up to 1.3 metres might have been affected by weather disturbances linked to global warming has butted up against the fact that no other species appears to be having the same navigation trouble.

Normally, the booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) spends the warmer months of the northern hemisphere breeding in southern Europe and parts of north Africa.

Come September, the raptor flies south to escape the chill, with a migratory peak around the middle of the month.

The eagles, which mate for life, are listed as an endangered species.

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[Awsi Dooger]

13. Miami already beat FSU

For the 6th straight time. I was there.

Now we need to steal some prime recruits out of Tallahasee Leon, etc.

You can keep the birds.