Just to be a contrarian, the bald eagle is also king of the scavengers. The time of year around here, they're eating after birth (placenta) from calving cows. I've had them sit down behind a ewe giving birth, take the first lamb, eat the brains out of it, maybe some of the guts, and then go to another. Yeah, I like them, they're a majestic bird, but I also have a bit of knowledge about the other side of their life...they're actually a bit like magpies or ravens.

You know, of course, that Benjamin Franklin wanted the wild turkey for the national bird, thinking they were much more intelligent and wary, than the scavenger that he considered the eagle to be?