Bald Eagle

The Bald Eagle

The scientific name for the Bald Eagle is Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Did you now that the Bald Eagle was a resident of the channel island national park. Do you know why they call a Bald Eagle if there not bold? A long time they use to call Bald Eagle because white for them is bald. When the Bald Eagle was a resident of the national park it was in the mid- 1950’s. The Bald Eagle diet consists mainly of fish, sometimes making up to 90% of its diet including ducks; wading birds, turtles, rodents, snakes, and the Bald Eagle don’t not care. Did you now that the Bald Eagle catches there pray flying on top of the water when the fish are jumping? Did you now that the Bald Eagle is our national bird. Bald eagles fly into the southern states and Mexico, and the "southern" bald eagles fly north in to Canada. The bald eagle does their nest on their tree they have picketed. If you want to see a real bald eagle and are taking life right now go to http://chil.vcoe.org/eagle_cam.htm and after that you will see a box with a that seas link to video stream and click hit. You will see a bald eagle life. A female bald eagle length is up to 35 to 37 feet’s and for a smallest male length is 30 to 34. The bald eagle body temperature is 102 degrees Fahrenheit 38.8 degrees Celsius.

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Do Bald Eagles eat foxes?

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Does Bald Eagle catch their food flying?

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Does Bald Eagle weigh 12-13 pounds?

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Do they have babies on their nests?

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Does Bald Eagle eat bunnies?

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Are Bald eagles vegetarian?

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Could bald eagle live to 99 years?

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Do they live in New York?

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Do they fly up to 30 feet?

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Do they take a shower?

The Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle is birds of prey. This means that they eat other animal. They have very good eyesight which they use to spot there pray far below. They use their large wings to catch rising currents of worm air and soar high in to the sky. Bald Eagle eats small birds, fish, and mammals. They will also eat dead animals, especial in winter, when living food is hard to find. A Bald Eagle catches a fish with its sharp claws. The claws are called talons. Bald Eagles build huge nests called eyries. A pair of eagles uses their same nests, making bigger each year. An eagle’s nest can weight more than 1,000 pounds, or the weight of 6 adult humans. Bald Eagle has a large hooked beak. They use the hooked to rip there pray to pieces and tear chunks of meat and swallow. Bald Eagle lives for about 25 years in the wild, but up to 50 years in captivity. Young bald eagle is completely brown. The white headed feather do not appear until the bird is 4 years old.