Biggest bird of prey?

[Anthony Appleyard]

You would have had difficulty getting THIS bird onto your fist. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentavis_magnificens

[Pitbull]

talk about butterfly effect.................hurricanes everywhere :rolleyes:

[Biarmicus]

That was an interesting article about the Teratorn.

While looking further into the subject, I found information about the extinct Haast Eagle which is similar, but smaller and was thought to weigh around 10-14 kg (22-30.8 pounds). http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/haasteagle.html

Imagine the strength needed to simply restrain the either the teratorn or Haast Eagle if they decided to bate!:shock:


Britt

[Harrisii]

forget the bating, these things would simply eat ye.
ive seen some very interesting nat' his' programmes about these huge eagles, where they found their skulls etc. what a size. 10 times larger than a goldie or something.
has anyone heard of the thunder birds of north america? (not the puppets).
apparently they were named thunder birds by the native americans. they used to steal their children. anyway, there were reported sightings of these birds, as short a time ago as 10 years or less. some kids were lifted from their front lawns and being carried off. then the parents would appear and hold the kids legs etc. i aint making this up, there have been programmes on about it.

just realised you are from canada biarmicus, have you any info?? please say yes, people will think ive gone soft in the head. oh you have, great tell us more.....

[Anthony Appleyard]

But see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unktehila

[Biarmicus]

Hi Harrisi,

I have heard of both the bird and puppets from the TV show:lol:

I have heard the myths about the Thunderbird on discovery channel etc.

Something about the sightings??? I don't know... Some Condors and Golden or Bald Eagles can look pretty big. There have been I think, 5 or 6 reports of sightings of the Thunderbird. If it is that big of a bird with thunderous wingbeats other people would of seen it too. :confused:
http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa100801a.htm

Britt:grin:

[Harrisii]

thankyou biarmicus, you saved my bacon there, i knew it was true.

[Tr1gger]

I've heard of them aswell i think there is a thread that mentions them, i cant be bothered to find it though :lol:

Can u imagine the distance those things could travel? No wonder nobody can find them they could prob fly from contenent to contenent **** easy lol

[Tooker]

its the creature from Jeepers Creepers

[Scruff]

http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/bodhidharma/giantbirds3.html

. . . mental!:rolleyes:

[StormRider]

wor lass is a big bird!
STU