What kind of Bird was it?

Question

I saw this huge bird while traveling through WV . It was flying low around a River. I mean this bird was huge, thought pre historic looking. It was not an Egele , I'm sure of that. The sky had grown dark because a bad thunderstorm was approching and that's when i saw the huge bird, it's wing span was longer than my car, no lye. I have never seen a bird that large in my whole life and I havn't seen it since. Can't believe that such a huge bird can go undected with out oters seeing it too. I see this bird oh, it was in 1998 close to Pt. Pleasant, WV It was day light except for a storm coming and it diff was some kind of lg bird.

Answer 1

could be  an Osprey, they can have wingspans approaching six feet

Turkey vultures also have large wingspans of about six feet

bald eagles have a wingspan of close to eight feet

and golden eagles, usually seen in the west, but occasionly wander into the east, have a wingspan of about seven feet.

Great Blue Herons also have a wingspan of about six feet

sandhill cranes have a wingspan of about seven feet

Answer 2

It would be hard to know without seeing it but I would guess something along the lines of a great blue heron.  They have very long wingspans and are very big birds.

here are some pics:

http://www.livingwilderness.com/wildlife...

http://www.pbase.com/image/60196107

http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/...

http://www.air-and-space.com/20050501-02...

Answer 3

Try the turkey vulture.

http://www.lairweb.org.nz/vulture/turkey...

Answer 4

probably a bald eagle!those are the most aggressive bird species!

Answer 5

could have been a turkey vulture/buzzard if it was black or a heron or crane if it was grey or white.

Answer 6

I would imagine that it was a Great Blue Heron.

They are a fairly large bird, and in flight they really look large.

If it didn't look like a bird of prey, then most likely it was a heron.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_heron