The Bald Eagle National Symbol

1. The Bald EagleNational Symbol PowerPointBy: TS

2. Introduction • The Bald Eagles scientific name is Haliaeetus Leucocephalus • Bald Eagle is the National Symbol of the United States • The Bald Eagle is the most powerful bird alive • The bald eagles name comes from an old English word meaning balde meaning white

3. How Long The Bald Eagle Lives • They can live 35 years long but probably no longer then that • The bald eagle is endangered • Because it’s endangered the bald eagle is not allowed to be hurt!

4. Physical Features • The bald eagles white head mite make it look bald • The girl bald eagle is bigger than the boy • The girl bald eagles body is 3 feet tall and its wingspan is 8 feet wide • Babies called eaglets are born light gray and turn brown at age 4 to 5 • There great eyes can see a fish from a mile up

5. Physical Features • A average bald eagle weighs 9 pounds • They have a white tail and a yellow curved beak • A bald eagle can fly 20-40 miles per hour and at full speed they can fly 100 miles per hour

6. Habitats • It lives in North America, Alaska, Canada, Florida, Baja, and California • It lives near coastlines, rivers, lakes, wet prairies, and costal pine lands

7. Climate • The northern bald eagles climate is very cold and snowy for most of the year with temperatures that can get below 0 degrees • The southern bald eagles climate is much warmer with temperatures that can be over 80 degrees

8. Food • The bald eagle is part of the carnivore group • There favorite food is fish • They eat coots and some eat snakes • They can eat animals 3 or 4 times its size • They catch fish with there talons • They eat ducks and steal food from other birds • They eat carrion which is dead or rotting flesh • Sometimes it will eat a poisoned animals and die

9. Prey • When babies are left alone they are eaten by hawks • They will eat small mammals • They do not have any predators but there biggest threat is a human

10. How They Act • Bald eagles are typically seen soaring on flat wings or perching in tall tress near rivers or lakes • They are scavengers and look for already killed animals • Talon clasping or cartwheel display is when 2 eagles clasp each others talons in midair and spin down and letting go only when they have almost hit the ground

11. Babies • Some eagles just lay one egg in there life • The baby hatches in six or seven weeks • Baby eagles called eaglets are helpless • The older eaglet will kill the next to hatch if not watched • After 10 or 11 weeks in the nest the babies fly • The eggs are white and very rough

12. Adaptations For What is looks like • It has little bumps on the bottom of its feet called spicules to help the eagle grip its prey in the air • Their beak is strong and sharp pointed to tear apart meat but can also be used to feed or groom their babies • They have very sharp and strong hook shaped talons to catch their food because their food is normally slippery

13. Behavioral Adaptations • Eagles don’t sweat so they need to cool of by perching in shade, panting, and holding their wings away from their body • When eagles mature their dark brown feathers turn white this lets other mature eagles know that they are potential mate and respect its territorial boundaries • The dark feathers attract sunlight that keeps their bodies warm and helps melt snow and ice that they pick up when diving for fish in cold water. • Eagles don’t sweat so they need to cool of by perching in shade, panting, and holding their wings away from their body • When eagles mature their dark brown feathers turn white this lets other mature eagles know that they are potential mate and respect its territorial boundaries

14. Physiological Adaptations • Their eyes have 3 eyelids to protect their eyes and sharp eyesight to help find food • Their hearts and lungs are so efficient that they can get enough oxygen to fly at the highest altitudes • Because eagles swallow big chunks of fish and sometimes dead mammals and birds their stomachs have extremely strong acids to help digest all the sharp bones that they swallow

15. 3 Or More Fun Facts • Over half of the worlds eagles live in Alaska • They build the largest nest of any North American bird • Female eagles are bigger than male eagles • There are more than 7,ooo on a bald eagle but none of them have them on their legs