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15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
The Future King

This juvenile bald eagle is surveying his future kingdom from the highest vantage point possible. He just learned how to fly a few weeks earlier, and is seconds from jumping and taking another flight lesson.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2017
Date Uploaded: 08.2017
Photo Location: Milford, Michigan, United States of America
Camera: COOLPIX P900
Copyright: © Richard Bagdasarian