It is pretty wild.. I am 50 years old, lived in PA, CO and NJ at various times in my life. I had never seen a wild eagle until last December. I had a business meeting in DE, not too far from some parks near the bay. I already knew that there were eagles living near the bay and considered packing my camera for a quick excursion after the meeting. But it was pouring rain and the forecast was grim so I decided to forgo the after-work expedition.
Wouldn't you know it, though I was about 5 miles inland, in populated suburbia, I was driving by a school with a very large, multipurpose, athletic field. As I was looking at the field, I noticed something out in the middle of the field (about 1/4 mile away) that looked like an eagle. I turned around, went back to the school and pulled into the parking lot that was adjacent to the field. Sure enough, there she was, a large eagle sitting right out in the middle in the pouring rain. So I sat and watched for a little bit when the security guard approached me. I told him about the bird and pointed; I asked if she was common visitor. He told me that in his years there, he had never seen an eagle in that field... usually it had a lot of geese though. Not one goose in sight that day! 
I was disappointed because she just sat and I wanted to see her fly. But as I was leaving, she took off, circled the field and flew off.. Magnificent!
