EAGLES
Bird     -     Vertebrate     -      Carnivore

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AMERICAN BALD EAGLE

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• Have excellent eyesight
  
• Have powerful talons which help to catch their prey
  
• Have a large, hooked beak
  
• Build nests on high cliffs or tall trees
  
• Golden Eagles have been known to hunt foxes, wild cats and young deer and goats
  
• Can kill a young deer and fly away with it
• Became the national emblem of the United States of America in 1785 after a drawing of an eagle was presented to the newly-formed Congress
  

There are over 60 species of Eagle

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Male   ............................................  Eagle
Female  .........................................  Eagle
Young  ...........................................  Eaglet. Fledgling

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IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS

1. Eagle eyes
2. Legal eagle
3. The eagle has landed

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

1. An aerie of eagles
   
2. A brood of eagles
3. A congregation of eagles
4. A convocation of eagles
   
5. An exaltation of eagles

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SIMILE

1. As furious as an eagle
   

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WEDGED-TAIL EAGLE

AFRICAN FISH EAGLE

AFRICAN HAWK EAGLES

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