Canada geese put one over on American eagle.

Photo by Susan Winston/Special to The Commercial Appeal, Susan Winston/Special to The Commercial Appeal

Canada geese have claimed squatters' rights to this eagle's nest at Beaver Dam Lake near Tunica, Miss.

 "  .. Susan Boyd said he has labored under the mistaken impression for years that bald eagles are the tougher of the two species...

"...I thought a bald eagle would just absolutely throttle a Canada goose," Boyd said. "But that eagle has come back over and over again trying to reclaim its nest, and the geese won't give it up...

Actually, the bald eagle was denounced as a coward by Benjamin Franklin more than 200 years ago. Franklin favored the turkey over an eagle as the American symbol for that very reason..."Read here.