Handouts Are Turning A Proud National Symbol Into a Bit of a Pest
Where Eagles Dare
Blaine HardenWashington Post Original Article
Not long ago, a bald eagle smacked right into Kurt Marquardt's head. The bird bruised him and nearly knocked him off his feet. But it could have been much worse. Marquardt, a construction worker, was wearing a hard hat, and the eagle ripped an impressive chunk out of it, not out of his skull. This brain-rattling encounter with the national symbol of the United States got Marquardt to thinking: Perhaps the bald eagle situation here in Homer is veering out of control.
Blaine HardenWashington Post Original Article
Not long ago, a bald eagle smacked right into Kurt Marquardt's head. The bird bruised him and nearly knocked him off his feet. But it could have been much worse. Marquardt, a construction worker, was wearing a hard hat, and the eagle ripped an impressive chunk out of it, not out of his skull. This brain-rattling encounter with the national symbol of the United States got Marquardt to thinking: Perhaps the bald eagle situation here in Homer is veering out of control.
posted by Lieutenant Colonel Caveman at Sunday, April 03, 2005
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