Happy July 4th – A10 with eagle
by Mike Hankey, under Misc
About 7-10 A10s flew over my house a couple times in the late morning on July 4th, 2009. I heard and saw them earlier but didn’t have my camera handy. I figured they would fly back over when they were done so I get everything ready and was able to get pictures of them when they were flying back to the base. While I was reviewing my photos I found this one, with what looks to be an eagle flying with the A10. Click the picture to enlarge and see the detail on the plane and bird. Since its July 4th I’m going to go with — this is an American Eagle just because I’m a true romantic. If there’s anybody out there that can prove or disprove this claim please comment on the post. We have lots of hawks and big birds where I live and I’ve seen American Eagles around our neighborhood before, so who knows. Happy July 4th!
July 11th, 2009 on 7:19 pm
Looks like a blue heron to me (still a patriotic color).
November 24th, 2009 on 12:18 pm
based on split rear tail, probably some type of swallow. still a nice catch tho!