|
Mouse click image for larger view
|
Image # A58-104; This digital image was captured while visiting the Sedgwick County Zoo. The American bald eagle or white-headed, eagle is found in all parts of North America near water and feeds chiefly on fish and rodents. It is dark brown with white head, neck, and tail plumage. The eagle is a large predatory bird of the hawk family; and can be found in all parts of the world. Eagles are similar to the buzzard hawks, but are larger both in length and in wingspread reaching up to 7 1/2 feet and have beaks nearly as long as their heads. They are solitary birds, said to mate for life. The nest of twigs and sticks is built at a vantage point high in a tree or on a cliff in a permanent feeding territory and is added to year after year. Nests can become enormous, measuring up to ten feet across and weighing well over 1,000 pounds. The eaglets (usually two) do not develop adult markings until their third year, when they leave parental protection and seek their own mates and territories.
|
|
|