Holy moly.. This Is Amazing. The most exciting bird watching experience I had this year was totally accidental: I was pulling my car up at a parking spot at a nearby lake and found a bald eagle sitting in the tree just in front of me. It flew off out of sight and then came right back to the same spot and circled around a few times before flying off to the north for good. It had a huge wingspan, and when it took off the first time, all the other birds, geese included, scattered.