What is It? for June 21

Stone bird pictoglyph.

I disagree. Its a Stone Fish!

Possibly pointing to where the Stone Bird lives!

No! It's clearly trying to swim away from my stone bird!

Burial mound for a pet canary.

A pile of rocks.

Obviously a pile of rocks. but what for?

Not really a pile,,,, more of an "arrangement".

It's a Roc that shattered after a hard landing!

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Roc_(mythology)

So why does a bird that's big enough to pick up an elephant need to look behind itself?

Is there a giant godzilla cat nearby?

To watch for the other rocs that are trying to take it away.

Proof that aliens visited ancient cultures...

Nice likeness to your avatar. Been playing with the time machine again?

A random collection of rocks that look like they form a recognisable pattern to us humans.

Directions to bird watchers club meeting....

There is a 'Rock Eagle' (that's what it's called) near Eatonton, GA. From tip to tip it's about 100 feet x 120 feet. It's estimated to be 1000 to 3000 years old.

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There is a similar formation about 13 miles away called the 'Rock Hawk'. The 'rock hawk' is in much poorer condition.

Stone age man's first attempt at flight...

So easy a caveman can do it.

Directions to a crashed airplane (one with hair under its wings).

If it has hair under the wings, it must be a French air line.

My guess is that the bird's beak is facing the sunrise for the Summer Solstice. An ancient people would have placed the stones (in the shape of an eagle) as a directional indicator to the rising sun for ritual or calendrical purposes. Perhaps it was to aid them in determining the proper time to plant crops.

Is this a "What Is It?" or a "Caption This?"????

Feel free...

The result of someone with too much time on their hands

Looks more like directions to sea turtles. Maybe to their nesting beach?

I'm inclined to think it's a trail marker - a pretty elaborate trail marker.

Distinctive, if that's what it is intended for.

Is this possibly an attempt to control water flow in a dry wash

It's an unfinished stone pathway.

What's the word? Thunderbird.

"The bird is the word."

Could be a picture of a bow and arrow, with a really heavy arrow. The bow and arrow to end all wars, because it is just too heavy to carry to a war.

It could be a portrait of a man with a mustache and really heavy eyebrows.

It could be a formation of rocks designed to prevent rain water from washing out the trail.

A picture of a flying fish? A swallow? A swift?

IF this is one Superstition Mountain, then it is approximately 2 markers away from the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. (not)

It is a Boy Scout trail marker. Only Eagle Scouts allowed past this point. Or it is Boy Scout language for "if you think you can fly, don't pay attention to the trail from this point onward."

It is the burial plot of the Bird Man of Alcatraz...

Early evolution of birds proved to be a complete failure as evidenced by the rock-like bone structure, with complete development of osteo-arthritis in the joints.

A marker to indicate that the beach at the end of the trail is a breeding ground for endangered sea turtles.

A fossilised version of Boris Johnson? No, that can't be right...

Johnson?

Stone alligator in the bottom of someone"s dried up fish pond. Put there to keep herons away.

Pornographic Troglodyte graffiti?

A rock festival?

Keith Richards?

The first victim of the Colorado pot laws, somewhere near Boulder.

If you hold a mirror up to the left side , at just the right angle, it looks like the hood ornament from a 56 Chevy.

One of Del's early designs for a cross bow?

MH370?

Is there a correct answer out there??

Thanks Dan,

What's the scale? I imagine that the one large rock in the body and possibly the one in the left wing were already in place, and, that the others could all be lifted by one or maybe two people.

The eagle is about 6 feet long by about 6 feet wingspan.

I stumbled upon it while cross counting on the ridge line. It was in a small clearing surround by high brush on 3 side.

Thanks for your interest.

A mystery!

What compels man to create these images? From before recorded history, down through time, man has left his concept of the world around him.

Like some smooth shoreline boulder somewhere on a Minnesota lake, there! on that rock, a long cylindrical stone with two small round stones perched above it. What does it mean??????

Dot-dash-dot...hmmm let me see, is that R? Why, yes, James, it is R. What R they trying to communicate R? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Must have been pirates. Pirates have booty hidden somewhere. This could be the treasure map to the Nordic Pirate Norsemen Gold brought here after plundering, etc.

Dig next to the Golden AAAARRRRches!

Who nose, maybe it was the hand-burglar?

As previously stated, maybe had someone in mind

"The Eagles" new reunion album cover.

Yes, vinyl is coming back.