apparently the Eagles became a big deal since '11, be very aware that some of the hardcore followers are extremely serious about their favorites. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that one of them tracked a commentor down and hurt them

my two favorite birds are blue jays and mockingbirds. They are both such bad asses about their territories. I've seen blue jays chase big ol' tomcats down the street just constantly divebombing them. But ounce for ounce the toughest are the mockingbirds. We have a pair of broadwing hawks that show up every spring to brood. If one of them tries to land in the wrong tree, suddenly you see them spring into the air being chased by 3 or 4 mockingbirds taking turns swooping at them and it will continue until the hawk is literally a little dot up in the sky. 

Absolutely fearless. Reminds me of the time a friend's rottweiler came running franticly up to us at the beach, he was being chased by this little tiny chihuahua. She was so embarrassed she wouldn't even go after him, she made her niece go after him and bring him back. I loved that dog, he was the biggest baby. Absolutely refused to believe that he wasn't a lap dog 

We don't have either here but we do have Steller's Jays (see photo below) and I remember the Mockingbirds from my time in Cali. I had a 20 lb plus Maine Coon cat that they would dive bomb constantly, I actually have an awesome photo somewhere. 

beautiful

Mia never really understood my thing for mockingbirds. I recorded one's call right before sunrise, the recording was almost 5 minutes and he never repeated himself. She listened to it and then she undertstood. 

My office with Ingersoll Rand had a stand of oak trees behind the shop. I would always sit in my car for 5 or 10 minutes and just listen to them before I went in. Kind of my moment of zen, then I was ready to face the insanity of the day.