The tradition in my Dad's shop is to name cars...all my cars have various names...Ledfoot is the name my dad gave to my Maxima.....and also how I drive, so I'm told

But as you can tell some of us have a LOT of nicknames (see sig)...Brantley having more than any of us

 

 

eagle noun
A large bird of prey of the family Accipitridae, esp. of the genus Aquila, with keen vision and powerful flight

Aquila was a messenger for Zeus (Jupiter), who rewarded his faithful friend with a place among the stars after years of service. Another story is told of how Aquila was rewarded with a place in the heavens for having brought from earth the handsome Ganymede to serve as cupbearer of the gods.

The bright star Altair (ALL-tare) lies in the constellation Aquila the Eagle, which was a servant of Zeus. Altair means "the flying one," and Altair flies around its axis once every 6 and a half hours. Astronomers calculate that because of this rapid rotation, it must be twice as wide at its equator as at its poles. Altair is one and a half times larger and 11 times brighter than our sun, and only 16 light years away.

The Eagle is the bird of Zeus, the chief god of the Olympian pantheon. It was sometimes called the thunderbird, because it was the Eagle that carried the thunderbolts of Zeus and retrieved them after they were thrown.



The eagle has long been a symbol of empire, strength and military prowess to various cultures at various times. Their image is found as early as the cave paintings from the Paleolithic Age and appear on ancient coins and medals of the Romans and Greeks. Eagles were the emblems of the Roman Czars, the Austrian emperors, Napoleon and Charlemagne, and in 1782, the United States chose the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) as its national symbol.

The eagle is wonderfully designed to hunt. Its strength allows it to fly great distances and to carry off large prey; its keen eyesight enables it to spot its prey from afar, as it soars above lake and streams or sits perched upon a rocky crag or tall tree; and its sharp, hooked beak and powerful, talons, make it a ferocious and able hunter.

The more common Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) has white tail feathers and white plumes on the head and neck. The female is fiercer than the male, and is several inches larger. A sea eagle and the bald eagle migrates only if the body of water that it normally fishes freezes. It returns each year to the same nest, called an aerie, with the same mate.

The Golden Eagle (Aquila Chrysaetos), a magnificent bird, is more common in the Old World than in the New World, but it is found in the western part of North America from Mexico to Alaska. It is somewhat larger than the bald eagle, and its plumage is darker except for tawny feathers on its head and neck that shimmer like gold. The bald eagle has bare ankles, whereas the legs of the golden eagle are feathered to the toes. The Golden Eagle builds its huge nest on a high mountain crag.


The Bateleur Eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) Unlike some Snake Eagles, the Bateleur, which is "acrobat" in French, spends a lot of time soaring. The Bateleur is a large, handsome jet black eagle with white under the wings, rufous tail and back, gray on the shoulders, bright crimson face and legs, and a black beak. Females are around 24 inches in length, and males are slightly smaller. Wingspans range from 6 to 7 feet. The Bateleur is found in the tree and brush savanna throughout Africa, south of the Sahara.

Some of the largest birds of prey in the world are tropical eagles. Among the most powerful of these is the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja

 

mine is dumb and self explanatory, wasnt feeling very creative the day I signed up.

 

whoa.....

 

I thought about calling myself Haliaeetus Leucocephalus but decided it would sound like a disease

 

My screen name should be pretty obvious from my sig

 

I can't say......

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by AquilaEagle
[B]I thought about calling myself Haliaeetus Leucocephalus

 

To who Martin?!?