The Great Eagle Mystery

[Ulmo]

Interesting insights, thank you Amyrlis, Mithadan, and Voronwe. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Still tho, it seems odd to me that the journey would be a difficult one for an Eagle. If a Butterfly can fly 3,000 miles+ [give or take [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]] (The Monarch), in one migration, it doesn't seem a stretch to believe that a 9-10 ft. Eagle could fly from Rivendell (or anywhere else) to Mordor, even with an 80 lb.(?) Hobbit in tow! If it wouldn't be wise to have the Eagle fly straight into Mt. Doom (and why this, I am still not quite clear)[the image of Frodo on the back of an Eagle, flying into the heart of Mordor, with Wagner music blaring in the background, with the enemy all around them, dodging one close encounter after another, "delivering the payload", and then flying out of there to safety is pretty damn cool! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] ] , wouldn't it still be better to have the Eagle "drop Frodo off", so to speak, somewhere near Mt. Doom, or Mordor? Seems like it would eliminate a lot of potential encounters with the enemey on the ground. And if Gandalf could not summon an Eagle, why not Radagast? (Could Gandalf have gotten in touch with Radagast?) Why not Galadriel? Also, I understand that if you had a big flock of Eagles, say for one for every member of the Fellowship, it would be easy for the enemy to spot, but what about one elite Eagle (with Frodo), flying high and stealthy, under cloud cover? Would that be easy for the enemy to spot? It doesn't seem like it would be. Anyway...........

Food for thought [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[ December 28, 2001: Message edited by: Ulmo ]