Bald Eagles are true symbols of strength; their seven feet wing spans gliding on thermal updrafts. Suddenly with a cock of the head, their prey is sighted and down they come pouncing on some unsuspecting creature be it a fish or some rodent spotted from hundreds of feet up in the air. Feet as large as some human hands terminating in deadly talons, carry their prey to eaglets located high on a rocky ledge. A nest comprised of large sticks interwoven to form a hollowed out platform sometimes in excess of six feet in diameter.

   Wings shield the young eaglets from harm. The Mother rips flesh from the carcass into edible morsels. Eventually the young will feed themselves but for now they observe and learn.

   If we observe long enough sometimes we learn, if not we pay until we do or we cease to exist.