Ware Eagles Dare

Todays theme is the Eagles of Vancouver.. a lions club institution,
as it was Polarbears when here in 2006.
Basically companies sponsor a fibreglass statue or three
(usually, though I have seen what looks like a bronze one
inside a big building too), which a selection of local artists paint.
Then they are stuck outside, bolted to the pavement for 6 months
and then auctioned off to the rich and famous in the spring,
for charity. Simples.

Anway there is a flight-path map you can get to visit them all,
but this time we are restricted to greater vancouver,
whilst on our roadtrip back in 06
the bears grabbed us all over British Columbia.

Here: http://www.eaglesinthecity.com/default.aspx?PageID=1119
Probably record interest this year being olympic year....

Here is a sample of what I have seen recently,
and a bit more inspiring than talking about cold walls.
Ironically I havent actually seen an eagle on this
trip yet, but maybe with the rain I have simply
missed them for my feet!

Instead as a cheat I post my favorite bird that comes to hand..
an english channel gannet, sorry eagles and sea eagles,
but these guys fish in pairs using their
wingtips to corral and indicate the fish by the first,
just by skimming the water with a wingtip
as if using a lazy arch of chalk,
and the second on this cue dive bombs from a height,
enters the water like a folding pair of scissors.
Simply amazing.