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Kingdom
Animal
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Class
Bird
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Family Eagle
Species Bald Eagle
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Date Updated
Mon Nov 23 14:18:31 2015
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Image Credit JindoJeff
Image Comment An immature bald eagle with inner eyelids closed.
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Eagle - Bald Eagle Facts & Trivia for kids
- The bald eagle has been the United States national bird since 1782.
- The bald eagle is not really bald.
- The wingspan of a bald eagle can be over 8 feet long.
- A bald eagle has about 7,000 feathers.
- The bald eagle is the only eagle solely native to North America
- In winter bald eagles are commonly seen close to rivers, lakes and coastal waters; places where they have access to fish.
- Bald eagles start to breed at about age 5.
- Bald eagles pair for life.
- Bald Eagles in captivity in the United States are permanently injured birds which cannot be released to the wild.
- Bald Eagles use the same nest year after year and keep making it larger each year.
- Bald Eagles can swim.
- The Bald Eagle builds the largest nest of all birds that nest in trees.
- Bald Eagle couples will often fly together and will sometime perform spectacular somersaults as a pair.
- Bald Eagles will occasionally steal meals from other birds that caught prey.
- The Bald Eagle is one of the largest birds in the United States.
- The Bald Eagle is named because of it's piebald (black and white) coloring.
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