Bird hitches a lift on the back of an eagle

[Still Waters]

Most of us would love to grow wings and fly away but this lazy bird decided not to use its flying abilities and instead hitched a lift on the back of an eagle.

Stunning pictures show the eagle resting on a branch in Taipei, Taiwan, as it tried to eat a snake.

A smaller black drongo bird then swoops down from the sky before landing on the back of the Crested Serpent Eagle as wildlife photographer Liu Chia-Pin was taking pictures.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5970045/Taipei-photographer-captures-moment-small-bird-lands-eagle.html

[Kittens Are Jerks]

I've never seen a Crested Serpent Eagle before. They're gorgeous!

I saw a bird hitch a ride on a Bald Eagle once when I was in BC. I think it was escorting it away from it's nest.

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27 minutes ago, Still Waters said:

Most of us would love to grow wings and fly away but this lazy bird decided not to use its flying abilities and instead hitched a lift on the back of an eagle.

Stunning pictures show the eagle resting on a branch in Taipei, Taiwan, as it tried to eat a snake.

A smaller black drongo bird then swoops down from the sky before landing on the back of the Crested Serpent Eagle as wildlife photographer Liu Chia-Pin was taking pictures.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5970045/Taipei-photographer-captures-moment-small-bird-lands-eagle.html

Yeah I don't think it landed it was trying to get it away from it's nest.  I've seen seagulls and crows do the same thing to bald eagles.