EAGLES
Bird - Vertebrate - Carnivore
Bird - Vertebrate - Carnivore
WEDGED-TAIL EAGLE
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AMERICAN BALD EAGLE
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Male: Eagle
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Female: Eagle
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Young: Eaglet, Fledgling
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EAGLES
There are over 60 species of Eagle.
- 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.