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Spotted this HUGE bird at the botanical gardens this morning. Bigger than a turkey vulture, wingspan had to be 8-10 ft wide, my immediate thought was golden eagle, but then I’m thinking perhaps a juvenile bald eagle? Can anyone help me with the id on this?

Appears to be the same one first reported on iNat by @roxanne7 in 2017!

Other observations of this individual: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.794886941426988&nelng=-80.2866712061474&order=asc&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&subview=table&swlat=25.784260697185044&swlng=-80.34110932031366&taxon_id=46017&verifiable=any&field:Aberrant%20type=leucistic

Birding The Landing at MIA and the green area nearby. eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S118870190

©williamwisephoto.com Park City, Utah. At the top of the Crescent ski lift. July 31, 2022.

• Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
• Sunrise 6:22 am; Sunset 8:42 pm
• Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 20 minutes (-1m 59s)
• Moon: 7.7% Waxing Crescent

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) with Southern Live Oak (Quercus Virginian) acorn, 11/22/2022, The Landings Sparrow Field, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Ga.

Shortly prior to noon, I slipped quietly onto the center portion of the Landing’s Sparrow Field, stationing my golf cart blind close to that large pile of pine and oak logs, stumps, limbs, etc., the ideal habitat for my mission of the day, to photograph the House Wren.

I digitally captioned the Carolina wren, Eastern Phoebe, and a couple of additional species; however, I missed out on the House Wren.

After perhaps 40-50 minutes, in flew three crows. One beaked-up an item from the piles' edge, then flew to the large blue dumpster, app 20 yards from me. I repositioned the cart and placed my 400mm lens, with a 1.4 extender, upon my bean bag, resting atop the steering wheel. I brought the 560 mm lens combination and camera into focus. I observed the American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) with a Southern Live Oak (Quercus Virginian) acorn in the tip of its beak.

Crows are sometimes described as inquisitive and sometimes mischievous. They are good learners and problem solvers. This bird demonstrated its learned ability to open an acorn and eat its meaty contents. It placed the acorn within its talons, pecked off the outer shell, and beaked up the meaty fruit.

So, on this morning, I went walking to my favorite spot to search for bees and wasps in my neighborhood, when I passed by one of the neighbors houses, there was a man on the phone being a little loud. Minding my own business, I kept walking and I kid you not, the first thing any stranger said to me that day was him and he asked; "Are you good with animals"? Then I replied; "Hell yeah I'm good with animals, what's goin on"? He then proceeds to tell about how when he was trimming up his yard he saw the Great Egret and the North American Racer in a fight. He said that at first the Racer was wrapped around the Egrets neck and got it on the ground and I guess when it was on the ground the guy tried to get the snake off by spraying it with a hose but it wouldn't get off and apparently he took his weed wacker to the snake, killing it. Apparently the man was trying to get the Egret to stand but it kept pecking at him, not knowing what to do, he stopped me. So, I went off to the side of his house, took a picture, then I proceeded to help the Egret stand up. Unfortunately, due to this scrap the Egret some how some way broke it's right wing. Once I got it standing, I called animal control. They eventually came out and took the bird to a sanctuary right down the road. Super interesting experience, I find it funny how I just so happened to be there walking by when that beautiful animal needed my help...