Now that's just unAmerican

I was on my way to work this morning, and a HUMONGOUS bird takes off out of the ditch, aiming straight at my car. My first thought was that it was the largest turkey vulture I'd ever seen in my life, but no, it was a BALD EAGLE. Crap! It was flying straight at me, so I slammed on my brakes and swerved a bit, and I think I just managed to clip it with my left front fender. It flew away like nothing had happened, so luckily I *didn't* have to call the feds and tell them I'd killed an eagle.

We have quite the menagerie along that road. I've so far managed to avoid hitting a multitude of deer, chickens, goats, turkey vultures, squirrels, opposums, and now an eagle. Oy!