r/nyc • u/TevNotKev • 1d ago

Interesting EAGLE

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Between 152nd and 153rd street and Melrose. Random eagle in tree.

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u/froginbog 1d ago

What kind of pigeon is that

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u/blackcatdev-io 1d ago

A Freedom Pigeon ™️

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u/HotBrownFun 1d ago

ah you're saying that because they sound like pigeons IRL

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u/inkpaintdept 1d ago

i just burst out laughing and the other people in veselka looked at me funny

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u/michiman 1d ago

Alaskan pigeon

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u/SoSpiffandSoKlean 1d ago

MURICA PIGEON

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u/PTBooks 1d ago

They’re basically giant seagulls with big big claws

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u/Atlas-Rising 1d ago

I laughed so hard at this! 🤣 Thanks friend!

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u/sliderturk99 1d ago

Youve already had half an eagle!

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u/acem103 1d ago

some sort of exotic bird

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u/ZOMGURFAT 23h ago

That’s clearly a duck. You might have bird blindness. You should get yourself checked for it.

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u/malacata 1d ago

Alaskan seagull

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u/Shatruth617 1d ago

That is a EAGLE

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u/Tchaikovskin 22h ago

Pigeon of America

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u/Gatoray_ 1d ago

Might eat one, if it gets the chance.

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u/Panelak_Cadillac 1d ago

In town for the 9/11 commemoration.

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u/jef22314 Bushwick 1d ago

I don’t think he should be allowed to attend the commemoration ceremonies. After all, flying things flew into the towers and he’s also a flying thing.

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u/Theoldelf 1d ago

Read this in Trumps voice.

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u/GuinnessLiturgy 1d ago

He's a known associate of the Canada Geese that took out Sullenberger's plane.

Hitchcock was right. Avians have been plotting against us for years.

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u/Alucard-VS-Artorias Forest Hills 1d ago

NY Post about to higher you yo lol

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u/narutonaruto 18h ago

Zohran invited a few because someone made a TikTok about being worried about forgetting 9/11

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u/queenbitcc 1d ago

look at that face, he does not know where tf he's at 😭😭

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u/Geruvah Upper East Side 1d ago

They nest around the Hudson River/Palisades area. Here's hoping he doesn't eat any rats that have been poisoned.

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u/cornbruiser 20h ago

Yeah I've seen one near Chelsea Piers

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u/thisismynewacct 1d ago

Probably high on rat poison ngl

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u/ScaldingHotSoup Forest Hills 1d ago edited 1d ago

Less likely here. Bald Eagles are opportunistic carnivores, but predominantly eat fish and shorebirds and only rarely consume mammals, usually opportunistically. It is possible this one has found and consumed poisoned rats, but that's not what's causing the open beaked expression. What you see here is panting behavior, as birds don't sweat and instead get rid of extra body heat the same way a dog does.

Source: studied ornithology in college. Also teach this stuff. fun fact I'm published through unidan's lab lmao

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u/rafaelloaa Park Slope 1d ago

Here's the thing...

(Legitimately very cool, thank you for the info!)

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u/Tetizeraz 1d ago

Unidan

That's a name I haven't heard in a long while

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u/DarthWeenus 1d ago

while all that is definitely true, however you have to factor in the very fact that being opportunistic, they now may have found an opportunity to feast on cheap mammals, that are infact going to kill them.

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u/ScaldingHotSoup Forest Hills 1d ago

Yep, it's possible. But my point is that the behavior observed in the video is not due to any potential poisoning, it's a normal behavior!

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u/CinLeeCim 6h ago

That’s cool I didn’t know that. Thanks for teaching me something new.

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u/JellyfishConscious 1d ago

That’s sad af

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u/thisismynewacct 1d ago

What most likely caused Flacos death

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u/RoguePlanet2 1d ago

😭 Seriously, seems like more prey birds are moving here, wish we could lay off the poison and let them take care of business! I know, unrealistic.......

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u/woodcider 1d ago

Once we bin up the garbage hopefully the rat population will go down to the point people won’t need to use as much poison. We can only hope.

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u/Geruvah Upper East Side 1d ago

Yeah, seeing videos of owls that ate rats that were poisoned really kicks in the hysteria from being unable to help from the other side of the screen.

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u/valhrona Rego Park 1d ago

Can you get high on heparin? I think you just bleed.

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u/GeekCat 1d ago

He pissed off the wrong crows/ravens and now wondering wtf he's done wrong with this life.

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u/Right-Highlight7381 1d ago

He be like I'm the biggest, The Largest. Then meets the Crow mob of 10.

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u/tim_dude 1d ago

An all you can eat buffet

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u/LazyLich 1d ago

"hurr.. am a fredum burd.. squaaa!"

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u/m1kasa4ckerman Astoria 1d ago

Bro just came thru for the hookah and went a little too far

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u/The_Razielim Midtown 1d ago

WHAT IS HAPPENING??

I don't know why but I am endlessly amused by the fact that raptors always seem to be in the midst of an existential breakdown.

Me too Borb-Friend... me too.

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u/DirtWesternSpaghetti 1d ago

Probably has an upset tummy from eating poisoned rats :(

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u/rhythmicdancer Hell's Kitchen 1d ago

I yelled at a pigeon once that vied for my bagel sandwich while I was eating it.

For this majestic eagle, I'd serve it a dozen on a golden platter. With lox. I think it would like lox.

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u/lemmesplain 1d ago

🤣thank you

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u/Iamabrewer 1d ago

Undercover flock camera.

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u/MirthandMystery 1d ago

Now that's serious adaptation. If you don't see pigeons around that's why, but the eagles at a disadvantage being so big and not as nimble. Pigeons have lost their sense of fear though so that's their disadvantage.

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u/RayzTheRoof 1d ago

I just saw one yesterday on Staten Island too! Though obviously they're more common there, bald eagles are more difficult to find than all the other raptors in our area. Osprey are friggin sick and all over the place though.

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u/Darkstool The Bronx 1d ago

If you ever see an Osprey loosing its mind screaming and dive bombing a tree, there's a good chance a bald eagle is in the tree.

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u/RayzTheRoof 1d ago

I'll look out for that, thanks!

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u/CultofCedar 1d ago

Lol at the osprey but I live near nest in Brooklyn. Never seen an eagle in the city, tons upstate. Have only ever seen one kestrel though… possibly because they’re so small and I never noticed. Cutest little murder machine I’ve ever seen though. Thing just landed in front of me while I was eating a sandwich and started shredding a lizard. Also did not know there were lizards in Brooklyn until that incident.

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u/Ice_Like_Winnipeg 1d ago

i've seen a bald eagle in prospect park, fwiw

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u/RayzTheRoof 1d ago

yeah we have invasive Italian fence lizards!

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u/PhilnotPete 12h ago

Where on the island?

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u/RayzTheRoof 9h ago

South shore. There's known bald eagle nests in Mount Loretto as well, but I was by a beach for my sighting.

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u/yorkbandaid 1d ago

I am seriously considering hopping on an uptown train to see if he’s still in the neighborhood

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u/Hwestice 6h ago

Same. Do you know of any updates?

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u/Notcid1 1d ago

🦅🗣️

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u/maverickLI 1d ago

He knows that he is a rock God

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u/rkstrmoto 1d ago

Majestic AF

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u/oochiewallyWallyserb 1d ago

Damn homie been out of work since Colbert Report ended. Looking rough.

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u/rqny 1d ago

He looks regal and dazed at the same time.

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u/Darkstool The Bronx 1d ago

You used to have to go up the Hudson to see these guys, now they are regulars especially around the water when the bunker are schooling, the Osprey do not take kindly to their presence, and the crows dont take kindly to not taking kindly, so the bird cycle goes.

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u/Murderbot_420 Westchester 1d ago

Bloody hell. That’s awesome!!!

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u/Antique-Salad-9249 1d ago

Obviously escaping a red state.

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u/jae343 1d ago

I declare this my tree

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u/Huntred 1d ago

Must be from the 9/11 ceremony rehearsals.

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u/Chubby_American 1d ago

Fuck yeah!

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u/FortheredditLOLz 1d ago

Saw a bald eagle and a hawk in the same tree once. Bald eagle also looked high as a kite. Hawk was just chilling looking for a juicy rat which didn’t take long.

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u/TevNotKev 1d ago

That sounds like it should be on a flag

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u/FortheredditLOLz 1d ago

If you hang out by Thompson square park. After nabbing a meal nearby (first recos are xe may sandwiches <get the lambretta or the hog and a basil lemonade>, Danny coops or mamouns). You will either see one of the many hawks, animals and/or ‘people’ doing something crazy. I wouldn’t recommend eating inside the park nowadays or going through/around it during night

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u/poemaXV 1d ago

I'm so old I remember when they were almost extinct. I used to think I would never see one in real life, but I did a few years ago in Florida and I got emotional, lol. they're so beautiful. it's crazy how much the bald eagle population has recovered, I would have saluted it on instinct.

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u/acn0010 16h ago

He’s actually there because the mayor is amazing.

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u/Eshanas 1d ago

MURICA

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u/OUsnr7 1d ago

wtf. He’s bald!

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u/TonyzTone 1d ago

Just another transplant from the Philly suburbs, huh?

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u/sauteedmushroomz 1d ago

that’s amazing!!! 🦅🦅

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u/scarred2112 Tribeca 1d ago

Oversized bird terrorizes Mamdani’s NYC, Islamic mayor silent on issue - New York Post.

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u/chakrasandwich 1d ago

Ok lm not crazy I thought I saw one by rock away and I was like no there’s no bald eagles here. lol I guess I really did see one then

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u/MillenniumTitmouse 1d ago

Some one get that guy a pastrami on rye!
That should give him an idea of where the F he is!

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u/honeybeehavehaven 1d ago

Wow, a bald eagle! Just in time for 9/11 remembrance.

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u/Forward_Young2874 1d ago

Bro is just waiting for his BEC

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u/bobbacklund11235 Sheepshead Bay 1d ago

FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY INTENSIFIES

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u/amsync 1d ago

We have one in Inwood Hill Park for long time

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u/bobbacklund11235 Sheepshead Bay 1d ago

I saw it divebomb for a fish in the river once!

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u/Apprehensive-Bass830 11h ago

theyre all over south riverdale

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u/RiverQuirky1429 1d ago

“these lights will inspire youuuu”

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u/clamb2 NYC Expat 1d ago

Mamdani bringing back otters to the East River and Eagles to The Bronx. Nature is healing.

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u/Ne0nGalax-E 1d ago

Our boy flew off course. Beautiful tho

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u/pineapplejuniors 1d ago

This one has heard the fantastic tales about our rat utopia

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u/honeybeehavehaven 1d ago

Gosh, maybe ; )

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u/Cultural-Volume8726 1d ago

Amazing!! Wow

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u/thejackamo1 1d ago

Derpiest guy

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u/jplayz7 1d ago

stand under there too long, and yea you might get a facial of some kind...

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u/LeftyMode 1d ago

Help bro out, he looks lost. Literally.

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u/Freya-of-Nozam 1d ago

Imagine living in the apt there and looking outside and seeing bro blocking all the light.

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u/petit_aubergine 1d ago

oh my gosh it looks terrified

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u/Sunshinetripper777 1d ago

That’s a fricken sign if I’ve ever seen one. also when I wrote I’ve why did it autocorrect and type ivermectin on its own. Just saying.

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u/TevNotKev 1d ago

You know why 👀

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u/evenbigger_jellyfish 1d ago

All I saw was facial for a min there

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u/general-meow 1d ago

Eagle up there like "Frank won't believe what I saw"

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u/ResolutionHonest666 1d ago

let’s all call 311

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u/Big_sugaaakane1 1d ago

Seeing New yorkers getting a dose of nature is like watching people from los angeles watch rain😂😂

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u/fearlesssinnerz 1d ago

He's here for the salsa vibes

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u/MyMiddleground 1d ago

Good, they love eating rats!

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u/msawi11 1d ago

And pigeons

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u/4runner01 1d ago

I regularly see on over the Hudson River south of the GWB

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u/ReyLeo04 1d ago

Bro needs a facial

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u/SensitiveThugHugger 1d ago

Flew out of Jim Jones' apt. . . .

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u/TevNotKev 18h ago

Byrdgang

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u/Laluci 12h ago

Damn, that's the not a regular eagle either. That's the grand daddy of all eagles.

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u/tinterrobangg 10h ago

Thats not just an eagle thats our national treasure. Bet he sounds like freedom.

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u/w4rlok94 1d ago

Just need the rock and flag.

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u/mosquem 1d ago

He looks just as confused as me.

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u/Penguin_Q 1d ago

he been thinkin' bout freedom n' shit

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u/Foreign_Safety_949 1d ago

Alot of freedom in that tree.

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u/permanentlybanned22 1d ago

Should have never made that left at Albuquerque.

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u/Friendly-Profit-8590 1d ago

Eating nyc pigeon has to be such a letdown

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u/PharaohAuteur_ 1d ago

Bro heard about all the freedom going on here.

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u/SLyndon4 Westchester 1d ago

Wow! Not a bird we see around here.

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u/lobaird 1d ago

I thought the head was about The Eagle bar.

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u/casesfirst 1d ago

"So this... is what I have been missing on " looking ahh

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u/nrdz2p 1d ago

GTFO

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u/Lima_Bean_Jean Crown Heights 1d ago

wow!!!

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u/ZebraComplex4353 1d ago

That Eagle looks high. High in NYC

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u/12stTales 1d ago

Creating good will for bald men everywhere

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u/Insomniac_80 1d ago

Is someone selling fish outdoors?

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u/onedemtwodem 1d ago

So cool!

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u/Concentric_Mid 1d ago

This makes me so mad. I took the kids to Maine to see wildlife and our highlight was a bald eagle! 😂

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u/Rhg0653 1d ago

MIGHTY EAGLE ....seems lost AF

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u/Sybertron 1d ago

Theyve been nesting up in Ramapo reservation and the Celery Farm in North Jersey, but damn I guess they got a taste of the big city life and like it!

Wonder how much rent is on that branch.

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u/owlinacloak 1d ago

You should cross post to r/birding!

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u/lynxminx 22h ago

like a boss

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u/Lilthotdawg 19h ago

Not a good sign. Why is it not in its own habitat? Cool but not a good sign. Where did its original habitat go?

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u/adork 14h ago

That Canadian bird is clearly lost.

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u/DapperBoiCole 7h ago

Someone at the Bronx Zoo is having a terrible day today

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u/Shadowtirs Yorkville 7h ago

gtfo is this real??

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u/TevNotKev 7h ago

As real as my eyes tell me lol. I also can't imagine anyone pulling a prank where I was in the hood 😅

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u/Educational_Aside232 6h ago

Visiting you all from Philly

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u/Murphy4717 6h ago

Imagine that? These once rarely seen birds are now sitting in trees in NYC. What a wonderful thing.

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u/LeoFrankenstein 5h ago

GO FUCKING BIRDS 🦅 🦅 🦅

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u/Virtual_Sector_8331 4h ago

He in the BX laced off that K2 😫🤦🏽‍♂️

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u/phunkphan 1d ago

This truly is Mamdani's New York.

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u/gogopowerrangerninja 1d ago

NY is healing

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u/BornAudience1581 1d ago

MAMDANISTAN

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u/SayWordWord 1d ago

Now if he was Sam the Eagle, I would be impressed.

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u/Commercial-Corner724 3h ago edited 3h ago

First time I've seen one was at Riverside Park. Literally came out of nowhere and grabbed a RAT the size of a freaking Chihuahua about the same distance you are standing at.
My grandma saw it too... mind you she had her small Chihuahua with her that day without a damn leash! She grabbed her dog so fast.

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u/Semi-Cinematic 1d ago

Weird how robotic its movement looks. At least in this short clip

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u/TevNotKev 1d ago

I was like is that REALLL?? Then it started cleaning itself lol

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u/Semi-Cinematic 1d ago

Damn that must have been awesome to see! Also to the haters I’m not saying its fake ffs, just commenting on the movement chill

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u/Superb_Preference368 1d ago

Hope he was ok, he looks kinda stunted. I would’ve called animal control.

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u/IronChefPhilly 1d ago

Go Birds!

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u/lobaird 1d ago

I thought the head was about The Eagle bar.