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Article: Seeing a bald eagle in flight can also make a heart soar.(Sports)(Outdoors)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2000
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Can you blame me if I go completely gaga over eagles? Seriously, nothing in nature elicits as much awe from me as a bald eagle.
There, I've said it.
My pal Dale Knupp, who would rather go after bass than look at the huge fish hunters, will come up with a disdainful "harumph" followed by contorting his face and for the umpteenth time say, "Eagle schmeagle; if you seen one you've seen 'em all."
Henry David Thoreau he isn't.
Neither am I, but when I see an eagle in flight, my heart soars along with it. When I see one perch high atop a withered, leafless pine or oak, I pray that it doesn't move, so I can sneak up close enough to ...