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'You can be my wingman anytime' eagle says to bird

An eagle in Maine found his wing man in an eastern kingbird as the pair took flight over Little Sebago Lake.

GRAY, Maine — An eagle and a eastern kingbird felt the need, the need for speed as they took flight over Little Sebago Lake. 

Credit: Mark Strong
Eagle and Eastern Kingbird (Courtesy Mark Strong.)

Mark Strong from Auburn caught the incredible pictures of the unlikely pair from his kayak while out on the lake Thursday. 

Credit: Mark Strong
Eagle and Eastern Kingbird (Courtesy Mark Strong.)

"You can be my wingman anytime," the eagle seems to say to the much smaller eastern kingbird. But more than likely the eastern kingbird was trying to keep the larger predator bird away from his nest. 

Credit: Mark Strong
Eagle and Eastern Kingbird (Courtesy Mark Strong.)

Either way the sight was fantastic. 

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