V.F.D. Eagles

In A Series of Unfortunate Events, the fictional series by Lemony Snicket, the evil side of the V.F.D. have a convocation of eagles, which bend to their whim at the blowing of small, silver whistles. These eagles are used to carry off Bruce and the Snow Scouts. They are first mentioned (indirectly) in The Ersatz Elevator, when Jerome Squalor says to Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire,

"Ah! You're adventurous! I like that in a person. Your mother was adventurous, too. You know, she and I were very good friends a ways back. We hiked up Mount Fraught with some friends — gosh, it must have been twenty years ago. Mount Fraught was known for having dangerous animals on it, but your mother wasn't afraid. But then, swooping out of the sky—" (p. 27)

Lemony Snicket also mentions that the eagles were originally trained to see smoke from a very long distance away .

See also

• Lachrymose Leeches
• V.F.D. Crows
• Mortmain Mountain Lions
• Uncle Monty's Reptile Collection
• V.F.D. Crickets
• V.F.D. Snails
• V.F.D. Donkeys
• Medusoid Mycelium
• The Sugar Bowl