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 * ** 1.)lifespan is 47 years in captivity; 25-30 years in the wild. **
 * ** 2.) **** the national bird for the U.S. since 1782 - symbolizing freedom, power and majesty. **
 * ** 3.) **** an eagle's eyesight is 4 to 6 times better than humans. they have great eyesight that helps them see for one to one and a half miles away. **
 * ** 4.) **** -eagles fly some 20 to 40 miles per hour in normal flight and over 100 miles per hour while diving. **
 * 5.) ** bald eagles normally lay two to three eggs once a year, the eggs hatch after 35 days, and the young eagles fly within three months. **
 * 6.) ** usually they live near the sea. they only live in trees 75 feet or higher. bald eagles add to their nest over and over. sometimes it can take a pair of eagles as long as six weeks to build their nest for the first time. the eyrie is the large nest made of sticks and lined with twigs and green grass. the heaviest nest ever found is 1 ton. (that's 2000 pounds!) **
 * ** 7.) **** he female can be one third larger than the male. **
 * ** 8.) **** bald eagles mate for life and will only select another mate if their mate should die. **
 * ** 9.) **** more than 80% of the bald eagle population in the southeastern United States is concentrated within the state of Florida. **
 * ** 10.) **** females may weigh up to 15 pounds. males are smaller and lighter. Eagles reach 30-31 inches tall and have a wingspan of six to seven feet. **
 * ** 11.) **** bald eagles can only lift about half their weight in flight. they can fly at speeds of about 65 miles per hour in level flight, and up to 150 or 200 miles per hour in a dive. they fly to altitudes of 10,000 feet or more, and can soar aloft for hours using natural wind currents. **
 * 12.)The ** Bald Eagle ** ( // Haliaeetus leucocephalus // ) is a [|bird of prey]
 * 13.)Its range includes most of [|Canada] and [|Alaska], all of the [|contiguous United States] and northern [|Mexico].
 * 14.)It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting.
 * 15.)he Bald [|Eagle] is a large bird, with a body length of 71–106 cm (28–42 in)
 * 16.)a wingspan of 183–234 cm, (72–96 in), and a mass of 3–7 kg (6.6–15.5 lb); females are about 25 percent larger than males. [|[2] ] [|[3] ]
 * 17.)The adult Bald Eagle has a brown body with a white head and tail, and bright yellow [|irises], taloned feet, and a hooked [|beak] ; juveniles are completely brown except for the yellow feet. Males and females are identical in [|plumage] coloration.
 * 18.)Its diet consists mainly of [|fish], but it is an opportunistic feeder. It hunts fish by swooping down and snatching the fish out of the water with its talons.
 * 19.)The Bald Eagle builds the largest [|nest] of any North American bird, up to 4 meters (13 ft) deep, 2.5 meters (8 ft) wide, and one [|tonne] (1.1 [|tons] ) in weight. [|[][|2] [|]]
 * 20.)The species was on the brink of [|extinction] in the continental United States (while flourishing in much of [|Alaska] and Canada) late in the 20th century, but now has a stable population and has been officially removed from the [|U.S. federal government's] list of [|endangered species] . ** Nests ** are built in large trees near rivers or coasts.
 * 21.)The Bald Eagle was officially reclassified from "Endangered" to " [|Threatened] " on July 12, 1995 by the [|United States Fish and Wildlife Service] . On July 6, 1999, a proposal was initiated "To Remove the Bald Eagle in the [|Lower 48] States From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife." It was de-listed on June 28, 2007.
 * 22.)The Bald Eagle remains a protected and highly revered species in the United States, and to willfully and fatally shoot or harm the species is a federal offense which can potentially result in several years of incarceration.
 * 23.) ** juvenile bald eagles ** are a mixture of brown and white. They reach full maturity in four to five years.
 * ** 24.)Wingspan ** ranges from 72 to 90 inches.
 * 25.)Eagle ** bones ** are light, because they are hollow.
 * 26.)Eagle ** bones ** are light, because they are hollow.
 * 27.)Bald eagles have 7,000 ** feathers **.
 * 28.)Bald eagles sit at the top of the ** food chain **
 * ** 29.) ** The bald eagle is a ** strong swimmer **, but if the water is very cold, it may be overcome by hypothermia.
 * ** 30.)Nests ** are built in large trees near rivers or coasts.
 * 31.)An eagle reaches ** sexual maturity ** at around four or five years of age.
 * 32.)Once paired, bald eagles remain together until one dies.
 * 33.)The ** 35 days of incubation ** duties are shared by both male and female.
 * ** 34.)Nesting cycle ** - about 20 weeks
 * 35.)Today, there are an estimated 9,789 ** breeding pairs ** of bald eagles.
 * 36.) ** Eagles molt ** in patches, taking almost half a year to replace feathers, starting with the head and working downward.
 * 37.) ** Causes of death ** - Fatal gun shot wounds, electrocution, poisoning, collisions with vehicles, and starvation.
 * 38.)The eagle is the national symbol of the Untied States of America
 * 39.)For centuries the natives have admired the Eagles
 * 40.)Bald Eagles are sexually mature at four or five years of age.
 * 41.)When they are old enough to breed, they often return to the area where they were born.
 * 42.)It is thought that Bald Eagles mate for life. However, if one member of a pair dies or disappears, the other will choose a new mate.
 * 43.)A pair which has repeatedly failed in breeding attempts may split and look for new mates.
 * 44.)Bald Eagle courtship involves elaborate calls and flight displays. The flight includes swoops, chases, and cartwheels, in which they fly high, lock talons, and free fall, separating just before hitting the ground. [|[][|28] [|]]
 * 45.)one nest in Florida was found to be 6.1 meters deep (20 ft), 2.9 meters (9.5 ft) across, and to weigh 2.722 tonnes (3 [|tons] )
 * 46.)Eagles produce between one and three eggs per year, but it is rare for all three chicks to successfully fly. Both the male and female take turns incubating the eggs.
 * 47.)The other parent will hunt for food or look for nesting material.
 * 48.)The eggs average about 7.3 centimeters (2.9 in) long and have a breadth of 5.5 centimeters (2.2 in). [|[21] ]
 * 49.)The incubation period averages at about 35 days and the parents will brood their offspring until they are about four weeks of age.
 * 50.)The fledging stage can occur at any time from 70 to 92 days, the wide variation dictated by the effects of sex and hatching order on growth and development.
 * 51.)Egg and nestling predation may be committed by [|Black-billed Magpies], [|gulls] , [|ravens] and [|crows] , [|black bears] and [|raccoons] . With no known predators themselves, adults will fiercely defend their offspring from these species.
 * 52.)This [|sea eagle] gets both its common and scientific names from the distinctive appearance of the adult's head. // Bald // in the [|English] name is derived from the word // [|piebald] //, and refers to the white head and tail feathers and their contrast with the darker body[ // [|citation needed] // ].
 * 53.)The scientific name is derived from // Haliaeetus //, [|New Latin] for "sea eagle" (from the [|Ancient Greek] // haliaetos // ), and // leucocephalus // , Latinized Ancient Greek for "white head," from λευκος // leukos // ("white") and κεφαλη // kephale // ("head"). [|[9] ] [|[][|10] [|]]
 * 54.)The Bald Eagle was one of the many species originally described by [|Linnaeus] in his 18th century work // [|Systema Naturae] //, under the name // Falco leucocephalus // . [|[][|11] [|]]
 * 55.) //** . l. leucocephalus **// (Linnaeus, 1766) is the nominate subspecies. It is separated from // H. l. alascanus // at approximately [|latitude 38° N], or roughly the latitude of [|San Francisco] . [|[13] ] It is found in the southern United States and [|Baja California] . [|[][|14] [|]]
 * 56.) //** H. l. washingtoniensis **// (Audubon, 1827), synonym // H. l. alascanus // Townsend, 1897, the northern subspecies, is larger than southern nominate // leucocephalus // . It is found in the northern United States, Canada and Alaska. [|[2] ] [|[14] ] This subspecies reaches further south than [|latitude 38° N] on the [|Atlantic Coast], where they occur in the [|Cape Hatteras] area. [|[][|13] [|]]
 * 57.)The Bald Eagle forms a [|species pair] with the [|Eurasian] [|White-tailed Eagle] . This species pair consists of a white-headed and a tan-headed species of roughly equal size; the White-tailed Eagle also has overall somewhat paler brown body plumage.
 * 58.)The pair diverged from other Sea Eagles at the beginning of the Early [|Miocene] (c. 10 [|Ma BP] ) at the latest, but possibly as early as the Early/Middle [|Oligocene], 28 Ma BP, if the most ancient fossil record is correctly assigned to this [|genus] . [|[15] ]
 * 59.)The two species probably diverged in the North [|Pacific], as the White-tailed Eagle spread westwards into Eurasia and the Bald Eagle spread eastwards into North America. [|[][|16] [|]]
 * 60.)The Bald Eagle prefers habitats near seacoasts, rivers, large lakes, oceans, and other large bodies of open water with an abundance of fish. Studies have shown a preference for bodies of water with a circumference greater than 11 km (7 miles), and lakes with an area greater than 10 km² (3.8 square miles) are optimal for breeding bald eagles. [|[][|17] [|]]
 * 61.)The Bald Eagle requires old-growth and mature stands of [|coniferous] or [|hardwood] trees for perching, roosting, and nesting. Selected trees must have good visibility, an open structure, and proximity to prey, but the height or species of tree is not as important as an abundance of comparatively large trees surrounding the body of water.
 * 62.)Bald eagles have lived up to 48 years in zoos, although their life span in the wild is likely far shorter.
 * 63.) Bald eagles occur from Baja California and Florida north to Newfoundland and Alaska.
 * 64.) Within this area, they are nearly always found near water, along rivers, lakes, or the sea coast and coastal marshes, reservoirs, and large lakes.

> 65.)They also pass over mountains and plains during migration. > 75.)They also take birds, especially waterfowl, and occasional mammals **Eagles species at stake** ====As you should know it is illegal to hunt/poach eagles, but people do it any way. It isn't safe for the eagle race any more, you never know what they will do or try to do to kill them. We the people are trying to stop those law breakers/poachers and save the eagle race. The heroes are the animal control the cops and the firemen they are the real heroes. The poachers don't see what they are doing, they need to stop! They need to see what they are doing, how would the poachers feel if they are being killed, illegally. What are the eagles doing to them! NOTHING! So they need to stop breaking the law and help do what is right! They should be free! What if those poachers stopped poaching them, i bet the population of eagles would go awol. The poachers only want the eagles for their feathers and their feet. It is $. Why don't they get the money fairly without breaking the law. If I was a state trouper for the u.s. and where ever there is eagle poaching the most, I would have a stake out and see who and what they are doing to harm the eagles race. Like if I were in u.p. of michigan I would find the poachers and put them behind bars and show them how they like it! It is mostly the only thing to do to save the eagle race! We don't want to trap them in a zoo, we wouldn't want to be locked up in a small cage only 20 ft. wide and 15 ft across. It would be torture! So that is my story of eagles and their fairly earned freedom.==== I hate thee that choose to do wrong, like the poachers that Poach us for only their own,and I love the good that helps us from wrong, because what are we doing to them to do thee, so if it were me I would stop and flee and then they would let us free, so why don't they care for only our sakes, and that is why we must show our fates.
 * 66.)The northern and interior populations may migrate to open water in the winter months.
 * 67.)Bald eagles breed in much of Alaska (where they are most common), Canada, the Pacific Northwest, along the East Coast, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf Coast, around the Great Lakes, and in other areas with sufficient water and wildlife.
 * 68.)The birds winter along the coasts and across much of the U.S. Some reach northwestern Mexico.
 * 69.)Near Washington, D.C., bald eagles have increased around the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
 * 70.)They nest at several sites around the Capital Beltway, and have been seen flapping over the National Zoo.
 * 71.)Although unique to North America, the bald eagle's closest relatives live in other parts of the world. These include the African fish-eagle // (Haliaeetus vocifer) // of sub-Saharan Africa and the white-tailed sea-eagle // (Haliaeetus albicilla) // of Eurasia.
 * 72.)Bald eagles are predators. They have several adaptations that fit them for that role. They have excellent eyesight and the frontal setting of their eyes gives them excellent binocular vision as well as peripheral vision.
 * 73.)The eagle has a strong, hooked beak with which it tears food, but it uses its powerful, taloned feet to capture prey. Bald eagles prefer fish, which they often capture by swooping down and snatching them from the water's surface.
 * 74.)Another successful technique is to wade in the shallow water catching fish with the bill.
 * In addition to eating other animals such as ducks, muskrats, and sometimes turtles, they eat carrion willingly, and are notorious for robbing osprey of their catches.
 * __For the eagles sake__.

__Eagles adaptation__ The eagles general problem is pollution, that is very dangerous and strong for the eagles race. There is also the poachers, they have a hard time with poachers, and I am surprised that they haven't caught to many poachers with how much are around these days. There isn't to much fish around for them any more, the world is almost to small with the humans and the birds and bears and all the other fish eaters. There isn't enough fish for all of us we need to take the food in a equal amount, us humans can't just take it all for ourselves. It dosn't matter if we are at top of the food chain, we still need to share, we already have enough food. We don't have as much carcass around on the road because they eat it all.**

Question and Answer with Mr.Liberty and Me. Me:Would you rather be a different bird instead of a recumbence of the U.S. Mr.Liberty:No, I love to be this type of bird, did you know I am the biggest bird that can fly. Me:Is it nice when you go back to your nest you were born for mating season? Mr.Liberty:Yes, it brings great and happy memories, I rermember my mom and dad taking turns to get me food everyday. Me:How was it to have a kid of your own? Mr.Liberty:It was a lot of work to get food for it and stuff but besides that, it was nice. Me:How do you like to be free! Mr.Liberty:It is so amazing, my cousin is in captivety and he dosn’t like it one bit. me: How do you feel to be chased around by those scary pochers? Mr.Liberty: It is so tiring the next second it is clam then the next second they are out their hunting you, you barely get time to sleep! Me:Do you know a eagle that has been in a zoo all trapped up in a small cage? Mr.Liberty: Yes, my cousin. He said it is like torture, he wants to be free, not trapped up in a tiny cage and even though I am not in the cage I agree only for the eagle's sake. Me:How good can you see? Mr.liberty: I have very sharp eyes, I can see a rabbit 1 mile away or 1,760. Me:How big are you? Mr.Liberty:Well I don't really know, but the biggest eagle recorded was 95-112 cm in length, he stands a meter tall, and up to 240 cm in wing Me:Where do you live? Mr.Liberty:I live over a beautiful lake in a tree. That is how every animal lives, up in a tree over a lake. Me:What do you eat! Mr.Liberty:I eat fish like every day, but if I can't find any thing I go eat up a carcass. Me:Why do they call you a bald eagle? Mr.Liberty:Because there was an old english word, balde which meant white. Me:how many eagles are left? Mr.Liberty: Saldy, their are only 20,000 left. Me:How fast can an eagle fly? Mr.Liberty:20-60 MPH. Me:What are all the other types of eagles? Mr.Liberty: There are Bald eagles, Golden eagles,Harpy eagles, and the Steelers Sea eagle. Me: How did you feel about all the questions I asked you today? Mr.Liberty:I Feel relived now that I got that out in the open!

Organization research chart **oth male and female adult bald eagles** have a blackish-brown back and breast; a white head, neck, and tail; and yellow feet and beak. Juvenile bald eagles are a mixture of brown and white; with a black bill in young birds. The adult plumage develops when they're sexually mature. It takes about 5 years for their head and tail feathers to gradually turn white. The bald eagle is the only eagle confined to North America; there are no other large black birds in North America with white heads and tails.
 * ||  || ===Physical characteristics===

Golden eagles are larger than bald eagles in average height and wingspan, but there isn't much difference in average weight. One way to distinguish a golden eagle from an immature bald eagle is leg plumage. A golden eagle's legs are entirely feather covered; an immature bald eagle's lower legs are bare. As seen while in flight, juvenile golden eagles have white patches at the base of the primaries; the tail is white with a distinct dark terminal band. It takes four years to acquire adult plumage. Adult golden eagles are brown with tawny on the back of the head and neck; tail faintly banded.
 * Size** - A female bald eagle's body length varies from 35 to 37 inches; with a wingspan of 79 to 90 inches. The smaller male bald eagle has a body length of 30 to 34 inches; with a wingspan ranging from 72 to 85 inches. Their average weight is ten to fourteen pounds. Northern birds are significantly larger than their southern relatives.

|| **Life Cycle  Southern bald eagles remain on or near their breeding territory throughout the year and probably mate for life. More northern birds may migrate long distances over the winter months and it is unknown whether pairs remain together during migration. Initiation of courtship depends on the latitude. Southern birds may begin courtship and nesting activity in the late fall or early winter, while it is more common for northern birds to court and nest in the early spring. Copulation occurs on branches or other secure perches and is preceded by tail pumping and wing flapping displays by the male. Eagles construct their nests near water in tall trees or on cliffs using large sticks. The nest is lined with twigs, grasses and other soft materials. Each year, a pair works together to build a large stick nest high in a tree or on a cliff. Sometimes a pair reuses the same nest for years (such as a pair that nests at Great Falls, Maryland). In Florida, bald eagles nest almost year round; they begin nesting from March to May in other areas. Since these nests are used year after year, they may become very large. Bald eagles lay two, occasionally three, eggs that are incubated by both parents, in turns for 34 to 36 days. Often only one chick survives, but if food is plentiful they may rear two or occasionally three. Young birds fledge after 12 weeks and remain with the parents for another month. ** ||  || **Growth Second in size only to California condors //(Gymnogyps californianus)// and about the same size as golden eagles//(Aquila chrysaetos)//, bald eagles dwarf most other North American raptors. Their wingspans range from six and a half to seven and a half feet, while body length varies from about three to three and a half feet. Bald eagles weigh from six to eight pounds. Females are larger than males and have a slightly longer wingspan. ** ||  || **Body functions  **lack body, **in physics, an ideal black substance that absorbs all and reflects none of the radiant energy falling on it. Lampblack, or powdered carbon, which reflects less than 2% of the radiation falling on it, crudely approximates an ideal black body; a material consisting of a carpetlike arrangement of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes was reported in 2008 to have a reflectance of 0.045%. Since a black body is a perfect absorber of radiant energy, by the laws of thermodynamics it must also be a perfect emitter of radiation. The distribution according to wavelength of the radiant energy of a black body radiator depends on the absolute temperature of the black body and not on its internal nature or structure. As the temperature increases, the wavelength at which the energy emitted per second is a maximum decreases. This phenomenon can be seen in the behavior of an ordinary incandescent object, which gives off its maximum radiation at shorter and shorter wavelengths as it becomes hotter and hotter. First it glows in long red wavelengths, then in yellow wavelengths, and finally in short blue wavelengths. In order to explain the spectral distribution of black body radiation, Max Planck developed the [|quantum theory] in 1901. In thermodynamics the principle of the black body is used to determine the nature and amount of the energy emitted by a heated object. Black-body radiation has served as an important source of confirmation for the big-bang theory, which holds that the universe was born in a fiery explosion c.13.7 billion years ago (according to current calculations).** ||  || **Location / Habitat  **Habitat **- Bald eagles live along the coast and on major lakes and rivers where they feed mainly on fish.** ||  || **Adaption Vision ** Vision is definitely the most important sense of the bald eagle. A bald Eagles eyes are very powerful - they have vision up to 4 times that of humans and can spot another eagle soaring at a distance of 2 miles. A bald eagles eyes are so large that they take up most of the space in its head. They are not very capable of moving their eyes in their sockets, but can rotate their heads to almost three-quarters of a circle. The eyes are adapted to their harsh environment and are equipped with a translucent membrane called a nictitating membrane, much like a second eyelid. It travels side-to-side across the eye to cleanse and protect it. A parent eagle will often draw this membrane across the eye when feeding its young so that the eaglet doesn’t accidentally hit the parent’s eye while grabbing food out of their beak. Often when flying to a perch in a heavily forested area the eagle will make use of this protective eyelid.

The bald eagle has a ring of bones that surrounds the eye for protection and the brow juts out slightly from the top of the eye. This extended brow is useful for protection, reducing glare and also gives these birds a very “serious” appearance. ||  || **Problems  The species was first protected in the U.S. and Canada by the [|1918 Migratory Bird Treaty], later extended to all of North America. The 1940 Bald Eagle Protection Act in the U.S., which protected the Bald Eagle and the [|Golden Eagle], prohibited commercial trapping and killing of the birds. The Bald Eagle was declared an endangered species in the U.S. in 1967, and amendments to the 1940 act between 1962 and 1972 further restricted commercial uses and increased penalties for violators. Also in 1972, DDT was banned in the United States.[|[33]] DDT was completely banned in Canada in 1989, though its use had been highly restricted since the late 1970s.[|[34]] With regulations in place and DDT banned, the eagle population rebounded. The Bald Eagle can be found in growing concentrations throughout the United States and Canada, particularly near large bodies of water. In the early 1980s, the estimated total population was 100,000 birds, with 110,000–115,000 by 1992;[|[2]] the [|U.S. state] with the largest resident population is [|Alaska], with about 40,000–50,000 birds, with the next highest population being the [|Canadian province] of [|British Columbia] with 20,000–30,000 birds in 1992.[|[2]] It was officially removed from the U.S. federal government's list of endangered species on category on the [|IUCN Red List].[|[36]] ** ||  || **Behavior Bald eagles spend hours perched in trees overlooking water, their keen eyes alert for feeding opportunities. When not fishing, they sometimes steal food from ospreys, pursue injured or healthy waterfowl, or settle in for a meal of roadkill or fish chopped up in turbines at dams (including Maryland's Conowingo Dam). ** ||  || **Diet Bald eagle s are predators.In addition to eating other animals such as ducks, muskrats, and sometimes turtles, they eat carrion willingly, and are notorious for robbing osprey of their catches. Eagles will wait on a favorite perch for an osprey to return to its nest with a fish in its talons for its own young, then harasses the smaller raptor until it is forced to drop its prey for the eagle to retrieve. ** ||   || **Predators / Prey eagles are predators they eat meat like ducks, muskrats and sometimes turtles** ||  || **Family groups Bald, Golden, Harpy, & Stellers Sea Eagle ** ||  || **Relatives //(Pandion haliaetus)//: Ospreys are more agile hunters than eagles, hovering then diving for fish, while the larger eagles pick fish out of the water just as they reach the surface. Eagles sometimes snatch ospreys' fish in mid-air acts of piracy. ** ||  ||   ||












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