Advertisement

Eagle shows precision landing skills in slow-motion video

By Ben Hooper
A bald eagle named Sequoia comes in for a landing. Screenshot: Newsflare
A bald eagle named Sequoia comes in for a landing. Screenshot: Newsflare

Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 25 (UPI) -- The precision flying skills of a 27-year-old bald eagle were put on full display in a slow-motion video of the raptor landing on a man's arm at a California golf course.

The video, posted to Vimeo by user Jak Wonderly, shows an eagle named Sequoia coming in for a landing on a man's arm at a golf course in Palo Alto.

Advertisement

The slow-motion footage shows off Sequoia's wingspan as she slows to perch on the man's arm.

The 27-year-old eagle was injured by a hunter when she was young and lived for several years at the San Francisco Zoo before settling into her new home at the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo.

Latest Headlines