What is the National bird of the United States?

1. What is the National bird of the United States?

2. Bald EagleHaliaeetusleucocephalus

3. Immature Bald Eagle Golden Eagle • Order Falconiformes • Family Buteoninae • Bald Eagle • Golden Eagle eagles

4. What do bald eagles look like? • Bald eagles have white feathers on their heads and brown feathers on their bodies. Their beaks are yellow and curved.

5. No. They live in small groups, and they usually keep the same mate for life. Couples often sit together in trees. Do bald eagles live in large groups?

6. How old are female bald eagles when they start laying eggs? • Female bald eagles are 4-5 years old when they start laying eggs. They lay 2-3 eggs a year.

7. 90% of diet • Carrion • Steal from ospreys • Perch or flight • Eyesight • Push talons forward • Females larger Birds of Prey

8. What color are their feet? • Eagles have yellow feet with sharp, black, curved talons. They use their talons to catch fish.

9. What do bald eagles eat? • They eat fish, small birds, rats and mice, and food in trash cans. When eagles see a fish in the water, they dive down and grab it with their sharp claws.

10. Wingspan 8’ • 2’ head to tail • Weigh up to 14 lbs.

11. 30 years + • Slow reproduction rate • Begin breeding 5 years of age • Threatened species

12. 1950’s and 1960’s • Hacking programs

13. Aerial breeding display

14. Eyrie – stick nests 1-3 plain white eggs

17. Aquila chrysaetos Western USA October Golden Eagle

18. OSPREY Order Falconiformes Family Pandionidae

19. Fisher • Submerges head • Scales • Fish face-forward • Slow flight

20. Natural or manmade • Tolerant of humans • Bark or grass lining • Decorations • 3 eggs Nests