The bald eagles scientific name, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, means white-headed sea eagle.
The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America that is most recognizable as the national bird and symbol of the United States.
No they are not bald their heads are covered with short white feathers. The term "bald" may be from the Old English word balde that meant white
When a bald eagle loses a feather on one wing, it will lose a matching one on the other. This way it doesn?t lose its balance!

The largest known eagle nest was found in Florida. It was 9 feet (2.7 meters) across, 20 feet (6 meters) deep, and weighed over two tons (2 tonnes)!
Adult eagles are about three feet from head to tail and weigh ten to 12 pounds.
As in most birds of prey, female eagles are larger than males.
At least 19 bald eagles died after gorging themselves on a truck full of fish waste outside a processing plant.
Fifty or more of the eagles swarmed into the back of a truck, after the truck was moved outside the plant on Friday, said Brandon Saito, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who coordinated the recovery operation.
Eagles can live up to 28 years in the wild.
A bald eagle can reach a speed of up to 200 miles per hour (322 kilometers per hour) when diving through the air to grab a meal.

The primary food source for bald eagles is fish. They also feed on carrion, birds, small mammals, and reptiles.
The bald eagle is a short-distance migrant, meaning that the majority of individuals in the population remain in North America during the winter?as opposed to long-distance or Neotropical migratory birds that winter in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico
Benjamin Franklin thought the bald eagle was a poor choice for a national symbol because it sometimes steals food from other birds. He recommended the wild turkey.

The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America that is most recognizable as the national bird and symbol of the United States.
No they are not bald their heads are covered with short white feathers. The term "bald" may be from the Old English word balde that meant white
When a bald eagle loses a feather on one wing, it will lose a matching one on the other. This way it doesn?t lose its balance!

The largest known eagle nest was found in Florida. It was 9 feet (2.7 meters) across, 20 feet (6 meters) deep, and weighed over two tons (2 tonnes)!
Adult eagles are about three feet from head to tail and weigh ten to 12 pounds.
As in most birds of prey, female eagles are larger than males.
At least 19 bald eagles died after gorging themselves on a truck full of fish waste outside a processing plant.
Fifty or more of the eagles swarmed into the back of a truck, after the truck was moved outside the plant on Friday, said Brandon Saito, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who coordinated the recovery operation.
Eagles can live up to 28 years in the wild.
A bald eagle can reach a speed of up to 200 miles per hour (322 kilometers per hour) when diving through the air to grab a meal.

The primary food source for bald eagles is fish. They also feed on carrion, birds, small mammals, and reptiles.
The bald eagle is a short-distance migrant, meaning that the majority of individuals in the population remain in North America during the winter?as opposed to long-distance or Neotropical migratory birds that winter in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico
Benjamin Franklin thought the bald eagle was a poor choice for a national symbol because it sometimes steals food from other birds. He recommended the wild turkey.

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