Complete Biography of the Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle

The Bald Eagle is a glorious bird of victim that is inhabited to the North America. This royal eagle is not actually bald; white plumes wrap its head. The beginning of the name "bald" is from an archaic English word meaning white. Bald Eagle has been the national symbol of the United State of America since 1782.

Bald Eagle

Habitat of Bald Eagle:

The Bald Eagle lives mostly near the rivers and huge lakes, as it seizes most of its food in the water of rivers or lakes.

Anatomy of Bald Eagle:

Bald Eagle has a long, downhill-curving yellow bill, and big, intense eyes. This strong flier has white plumes on its head, tail, and arm tips; its body has brown feathers.

The foot has blade-like talons. Bald eagle has about 7,000 feathers. Mature Bald Eagles have a 7 foot wing span. The females are 30 percent larger than the males.

Nest and Eggs:

Bald Eagle builds a vast nest of twigs and leaves of the tree. The nest, entitled an aerie, can be up to 8 feet athwart and may weigh one ton! Nests are situated high from the earth, either in large trees otherwise on cliffs. Bald Eagles may use the similar enormous nest over and over again for years.

A clutch of 1 - 3 eggs is laid by the females. The incubation time is from 1 to 1 -1/2 months. Both males and females keep warm the eggs. They both give food to the hatching awaiting they be trained to fly.

Diet of Bald Eagle:

Bald Eagle is meat-eater

Bald Eagle is a carnivore (meat-eaters) and hunt during the day time (it is diurnal). They consume frequently fish. They also chase and scavenge undersized mammals, snakes, and other birds that little in size.