Any Eagles out there?


"We are told that the eagle must renew itself every seven years. Its mighty wings become laden with oil and dirt, cracked and worn with use. Its beak and talons become calcified and brittle. Then it is that the the eagle retires to a cave or hiding place high beyond the reach of predators. There he begins an arduous process of renewal. With his great beak, he pulls out his mighty wing feathers one by one. And then each talon, claw by claw. Until at last, having neither talons nor feathers, he is defenseless except for his great beak, which he then begins to bash against the rocks, until it too is broken off, piece by piece. There he trusts and waits until beak, talon, and feathers have regrown. Eagles embrace these times of vulnerability and change and see within them the seeds of new opportunities. What others see as risk the eagle sees as opportunity"(source unknown).

Wow. I am speechless.
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Okay....more Eagle facts have come to me from a friend:
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~Eagles molt in patches, taking almost half a year to replace feathers, starting with the head and working downward. Not all feathers are replaced in a given molt. An eagle without feathers, talons, and a beak would die of starvation and exposure.