Will he attack?

Ran into this fellow today. He was sitting on the top of a tree like five storeys high and I was down there on the ground shooting. After a couple of shots, he found me.

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Call me silly, but I was thinking: will he come down and attack?

Have eagles attacked human beings?

Since every time I saw the eagles, they sat on the tree top like forever. So I decided to set up my tripod. But by the time it was set. He was gone :)

Don't know about eagles, but hawks will do this to defend their nest. We had a situation here a couple of years ago where some hawks had built their nest in a tree in a company parking lot. If you parked too close to the tree, they would dive-bomb you when you got out of your car and would sort-of chase you into the building. Needless to say it was Parker-beware if you parked within about 10 spots either side of the nest.

I suspect that most birds will attack you only if they perceive you as a threat, otherwise they will spend their energy to find food or a mate.

Cheers,

WesternGuy

i wouldnt be surprised if he would of tried, he looks kind of cranky lol

That eagle was looking at you thinking "what is that?" Young eagles haven't seen too many humans and no they don't usually attack (even too close to a nest which is illegal in the US)