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Bald Eagle Information

Bald eagles are large birds of prey with an aggressive appearance. The juveniles are completely brown and only get the typical white head when they reach adulthood and this takes five years. Extra bone growth above their eyes makes them look mean and angry, but it there to help keep the sun out of their eyes when they are hunting. Bald eagles are terretorial during the breeding seasson which starts in September and can continue until late April. Bald eagles choose a partner for life, but should a partner die, the then the remaining eagle will go insearch of a new one. The nests are made from sticks and twigs and can become extremely large (up too nine meters in diameter) are are generally located near the ocean or rivers. Bald eagle lay two eggs per year, incubation takes 35 days and both parents take turns at brooding the eggs while the other hunts for food. Eight weeks after hatching the young eagles are taught to fly by the parents, they do this by no longer feeding then in the nest but flying over and past it with some juicy food enticing the young eagles to follow. In their natural habitat Bald eagles can survive for up to thity years of age. Some people claim Bald Eagles can swim and others claim to have caught fish that had tallons stuck in their back, so if this true I do not know.

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Bald Eagle Natural Habitat Distribution Map

Bald Eagle Natural Habitat Map
Species:

Haliaeetus Leucocephalus


Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family

Animalia

(Animals)

Chordata

(Chordata Animals)

Aves

(Birds)

Accipitriformes

(Birds Of Prey)

Accipitridae

(buzzards, hawks, eagles, vultures, kites)

Wingspan
Height
Weight
Image
180 - 235 cm 70 - 106 cm 3 - 7 kg Photo Photo
Bald Eagle Wingspan Bald Eagle Height Bald Eagle Weight Bald Eagle Image Bald Eagle Image

Primary Food Sources:
Fish Crustaceans Birds Small Mamals Large Mamals
Fish Crustaceans Bird Small Mamals Large Mamals
Bald Eagle Sounds
Bald Eagle Sounds

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