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Other reasons for decline are because they are flying
into windmills, eating prey that had been poisoned, and
pollution. There are more White-tailed Eagles around now
because of new laws against hunting the birds and the places
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What do they look
like?
These birds are mostly brown. They have a white tail
and their eyes are white. They have bright orangish-yellow
beaks and legs. |
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How big are they?
They are about 3 feet long. If their wings are
stretched out, they would be about 7 feet wide. They
are large birds. |
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How many eggs do they
lay?
Females lay between 1 and 3 white eggs once a year. The
eggs hatch in about 5 weeks. |
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How long do the
fledglings stay in the nest?
They make their nests out of sticks, grass and things
they find. They like to build their nests in pine trees
or on shelves of rock that stick out of mountains. The
young birds (fledglings) start to fly in 10 weeks. |
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When do they hunt?
They hunt during the day. (diurnal) |
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What do they eat?
They like to eat fish, birds, rabbits, and sometimes dead
animals. White-tailed Eagles will also steal other animals’
food. |
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Where do they live?
They live in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the Netherlands, the
United States, and in Egypt. |
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What kind of place do
they like to live in?
They like to live in pine forests, wetlands, and by bodies of
water. |
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Interesting facts:
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They don’t stay in an area where people bother them. |
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They won’t migrate unless they are in really cold
places. |
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There might be a day or two in between the laying of
each egg. |
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Works Cited:
Alsop, Fred. Birds
of North America. New York: DK Publishing, 2001.
De Volder, Linda. “Re: Picture Donation.” E-Mail to Club Web. 8
Feb. 2008.
Haliaeetus albicilla.
23 Jan. 2008. <http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/9646/all>.
O’Brien, Tim.
“White-tailed eagles return to Ireland after 80-year absence.”
Irish Times. 17 Aug 2007.
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White-tailed Eagle
nests might have bones
in them!
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