Haliaeetus leucocephalus, as I’m sure I don’t need to specify to anyone.
I got this profile, also:
The full body shot is less impressive, because I could not convince him to get further away from the fence nor could I get any closer than where I was:
It is a bird. Some type of eagle.
Yeah, figures…
Of course the USA official bird would be a species of vulture, that feed on the dead…
Eagles are not vultures, and lot of predators feed on carrion…
Should have went with the Turkey after all because we’re cooked
I presume you all are already familiar with this age old debate, i.e. as it was depicted in the musical documentary, 1776:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4dv4IS0PM
I was not but I def appreciate some history via Broadway 😁