“Bald Eagle...is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly…[he] is too lazy to fish for himself.”
About the turkey, Franklin wrote that in comparison to the bald eagle, the turkey is "a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America...He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage.”
Did Benjamin Franklin Want the National Bird To Be A Turkey? (fi.edu)
This article claims Franklin's desire to take the turkey as a national symbol is a myth but he doesn't say nice things about our eagle either.
I like our coin over Canada's goose!
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