What better emblem than the Bald Eagle. Took this one yesterday. ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )
Truly a majestic bird indeed! My own first name *Shahbaz* actually means Royal Arabian Falcon - I know that this one is the American national bird! But here in Pakistan too, falcons and eagles are seen as symbols of great strength! The famous poet of Pakistan Dr. "Allama" Muhammad Iqbal - Who is today credited to have inspired the Pakistan Movement (which eventually resulted in the creation of Pakistan in 1947). Always gave example of falcons and eagles in his poetry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Iqbal Some of Iqbal's poetry regarding eagles, translated into English: Shaheen (The Eagle). I have turned away from that place on earth Where sustenance takes the form of grain and water. The solitude of the wilderness pleases me — By nature I was always a hermit — No spring breeze, no one plucking roses, no nightingale, And no sickness of the songs of love! One must shun the garden?dwellers— They have such seductive charms! The wind of the desert is what gives The stroke of the brave youth fighting in battle its effect. I am not hungry for pigeon or dove— For renunciation is the mark of an eagle’s life. To swoop, withdraw and swoop again Is only a pretext to keep up the heat of the blood. East and West ?these belong to the world of the pheasant, The blue sky—vast, boundless—is mine! I am the dervish of the kingdom of birds— The eagle which does not make nests
