We purchased this American Eagle for our two son's who became Eagle Scouts to present to their Scoutmaster at their Eagle Court of Honor. When it arrived, we were stunned how real it looked, so we decided to have some fun. When my son's were on stage calling up their Scoutmaster to present it to him, one of my son's slowly picked up a hawk glove and put it on. My other son proceed to say to their Scoutmaster, "since you have helped so many scouts obtain their Eagle Ranking, we figured it was time you had your own Eagle." Then all eyes went over to my other son who had put the glove on and reached into a box and pulled out this gift and held it so it looked as though it was perched on his arm. I think for a few moments people really thought we were presenting him with a real "Eagle." ha. He loved the gift and many people came up to view it. It was a beautiful piece of art.