"Neil Gould" wrote:
Eagles have excellent MkII eyeballs, and can at least participate in
see-and-avoid.

Eagles have no concept of human "see-and-avoid" rules and would have no
reason to expect collision or confrontation with anything other than
another bird moving at their own speed. Here's a report that deals
directly with aircraft strikes with bald-eagles:

http://www.birdstrikecanada.com/Pape...e%20Report.pdf