Two bald eagles aim for the same post. According to Nigge, the one that lands rst in such squabbles usually vacates the perch in order to avoid being raked by the incoming bird’s open talons.

Uncle Sam, a 25-year-old bald eagle, sits on his perch in front of a U.S. flag before the Extreme Raptors Show at the Permian Basin Fair in the Ector County Coliseum fairgrounds in Odessa ...