in my house and passed by the glass door to the back deck. Something caught my eye so I backed up to see what it was perched on the railing. I live at the coast, so we see a lot of big birds all the time. We have a fake Owl that we keep on the railing to try and scare away most of the birds. It works, however not with the eagle that was perched there. I was in awe of that bird, it sat there for almost two minutes just looking regal. The talons were amazing and very sharp. I have never seen one for that long that close up. He could have given two craps about the big owl down the railing from him. He was in essence saying, Mr. Owl you want no part of me. I sit where I want.