the Bald Eagle is a fascinating bird. its scientific name is Haliaeetus leucocephalus,
It lives throughout the U.S. and parts of Canada. You can probably find Bald Eagles near lakes, reservoirs, rivers, marshes, and coasts.The bald eagle has been the U.S. National bird since 1782, Bald eagles are one of many of the large birds native to North America, with a wingspan of about 7 feet (2 meters). (They are second in size to the native California condor and are almost the same size as the golden eagle.) a Bald Eagles length is around 30.4-36.4 inches, as its weight is about 6.6-13.9 lbs. Young bald eagles have mostly dark heads and tails, their brown wings and bodies are combined with white in varying amounts.
Adult Bald Eagles weigh about 8 to 14 pounds (3.6 to 6.4 kilograms) and the female Bald eagle is larger and bigger than the male Bald Eagle. The Bald Eagle mates for life; when one of the Eagles die the other one searches for a new mate. Bald Eagles usually lay 2 eggs but can lay 1 or 3. A young bald eagle doesn’t get its white head until he is about 4 years of age. While the young bald eagle doesn’t have the white head it will have a brownish blackish head.
The Bald Eagle eats a variety of food, Since Bald eagles mainly live in Alaska; there are lots of fresh salmon in rivers, so they feed on fish. They don’t just eat fish though they also eat other animals like seabirds, waterfowl, mammals, and reptiles. Bald eagles obtain their oxygen through their lungs like other birds and mammals.
The Bald Eagle is an endothermic animal which means he is warm blooded so his body temperature does not drastically change. The down feathers on a Bald eagle help the bird a lot by giving lots of warmth when needed like during a snowstorm....
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... in the air, but right before they hit the ground they release which creates a bond between the two and they most likely create an offspring together.
The bald eagles mates work together; building their nest and caring for their young. Even in drastic weathers they keep on working on their nest and keep on caring for their young. It takes 5 weeks for the baby eaglet to hatch. Eagles take on violent weather during their life but their down feathers help them keep warm during snowstorms and other cold weather. All eagle parents take good care of their young, and this involves feeding the baby chicks all the food they can eat. As a result the chicks grow very rapidly.
The Bald Eagle has some related species like; the golden eagle, red tailed hawk, turkey vulture, black vulture, and the African fish-eagle. And the Bald Eagle builds the biggest nest in north america.
Rhetor’s since the days of Aristotle and Isocrates have been using their rhetorical situations to deliver messages with a sense of urgency and persuade others to see their point of view. In 1933, Luther Standing Bear published his book “Land of the Spotted Eagle”. In this book, he talks about the terrible conditions under which his people live and how it needs to change. He speaks specifically to this in the excerpt “What the Indian Means to America”. Here he is referencing the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Standing Bear talks about how the European Americans caused these disasters and how the Native American could be the solution to these problems. He uses his rhetorical situation to try and convince the American government to listen
The North American Whitetail is typically 3 1/2 to 4 feet tall at the shoulder, and can range from 100 to 220 pounds. The size of the deer depends on the area you find the deer and how much food there is in that area. The males (or bucks) typically have antlers that they shed seasonally. The females (or does) usually do not have antlers, but can on rare occasions. There are some very definite qualities that make it easy to distinguish the white tail from one of its close relatives, like the mule deer. The whitetail is a reddish brown color in the summer and a grayish brown color in the winter. If you ever see a whitetail in the wild, you will quickly see how they got ...
Bald Eagles are the national bird of the United States. They can grow to be 30-43 inches and have a wingspan of 6-8 feet. Their distinct white head and tail allow spectators to determine which type of bird it is from a distance.
They use their large wings to fly around and spot carcasses below. “There are about 435 California condors in the world today, in which 237 are living in the southwestern part of California. They live in California, Arizona, and Baja California, Mexico.” (Defenders of Wildlife, 2013) They’re as north as Big Sur to Ventura County and as east as the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, with other populations inhabiting the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
The Northern Spotted Owl can only live in old growth environment, it is considered an “indicator species”: The health of the Northern Spotted Owl population indicates the health of the old-growth forest ecosystem. An individual Northern Spotted Owl needs more than 3,000 acres of old growth to survive, because of its scarce food supply. The Northern Spotted Owl is found in the cool, moist woodlands on the Pacific Northwest. The habitat of the Northern Spotted Owl can be described as trees relatively large in diameter in the stand, multi-layered canopy, large tall live trees with cavities, broken tops, mistletoe, or platforms of branches capable of holding accumulated organic matter suitable for use as a nest, dead standing trees and fallen decayed trees to support abundant populations of prey species, especially northern flying squirrels and woodrats.
Most owls are nocturnal birds that are found everywhere in the world. The fossils of the owls’ existence have dated back 54 million years ago. There are 205 different owl species. The owl species are divided into 2 different groups, one known as the barn owl, and the other as the true owls. True owls are more common than barn owls. The picture above shows a burrowing owl, which is a species of true owls. They have round faces where as barn owls have heart shaped faces. Most owls use their binocular vision to hunt prey. Owls have large eyes that set forward on their heads that allow them to have excellent depth perception. Their eyes have several large special cells called rods that are sensitive to low light. Their eyes are fixed in their
While driving On Rte10 through the town of Hamden what seems to be an ordinary ride can become a scenic view of our nation’s bird. On a tall skinny Birch tree over 40 ft in the air is lives a bald eagle in its natural habitat. In this nest lives a male adult and female adult with an Eaglet. The nest is located in a farming open field along a river bank. This field and river provides the eagles with a source of food. The eagles mostly eat fish, the adult eagle will swoop down to the water and grab a fish all in one motion flying the meal back to the nest to feed its family. The field is posted to prevent people from ruining the habitat, since the natural reproduction of this eagle is very important to its recovery from being endangered. I was able to view this community form the road and was able to watch the nest and occasionally watch the adult eagle fly away most likely looking for food to feed his family. The nest form my view was huge at least 3 feet in diameter perched up about 40 ft high on a birch tree. The surrounding area of the nest was clear of any branches or trees creating a clear access way for the birds to land. Below the nest was a large open field on the bank of an active river.
Ducks can be big or small, with the largest duck being the common eider, which weighs up to six pounds. The biggest, most popular waterfowl, is the mallard drake. The female green-wing teal is the smallest duck in waterfowl, and can weigh as little as six ounces. Most ducks fly pretty fast with some ducks reaching 40-60 mph.
The wild turkey has between 5,000 and 6,000 feathers that cover almost the entire body of an adult turkey in patterns called feather tracts. These feathers provide a variety of survival functions for the wild turkey such as insulation, flight, and advertisement for reproduction. The amount of feathers and the different type of feathers allow it to stay dry and warm while also allowing it to fly. Unlike its domesticated counterpart, who is to large and heavy to fly, wild turkeys can fly up to 55 mph according to NWTF.org (3). Not only can they fly, but they hav...
American Crows can reach a length between 17 to 21 inches, with a wingspan of 39 inches, while the Common Raven is a larger bird that has an average length of 24 inches (Burton et al. 2010; Marzluff et al, 2013). Both the American Crow and the Common Raven have black coloration, but their feathers and beaks differ. Common Ravens have a larger, stronger beak, a wedge-shaped tail, and spikey feathers on their throat. American Crows, on the other hand, have a smaller and less bulky bill, smooth throat feathers, and they have tail feathers that fan out instead of forming a wedge (Marzluff et al, 2013). The two birds have different styles of flying.
larger and heavier than the males. An average female (called a falcon) weighs a little over
The eagle has always been considered a bird that is fierce in nature and is above all.
Foremost, in a mutualistic relationship, both organisms benefit. One example of a mutualistic relationship is that of the oxpecker (two species of bird which make up the family Buphagidae) and the zebra or rhinoceros. Oxpeckers land on zebras or rhinos and feed on ticks and other parasites that live on ...
Neck and beak – *The neck is long and felixble as a result bird is able to rotate its head for reaching food and can see all around. *The jaws are teethless and are produced into beak which are variously modified to pick up food, making nests and preening etc. Skin – *The skin of bird is loose which allows movement of the flight muscles. Limbs –*Forelimbs are modified into wings and are attached closer to center of gravity and farther from head than in other animals. *The wings act as propelling organs for flight. *Hand bones are small, fused, flattened and specialized to manipulate the flight
In our world today we have approximately 26,021 endangered species. Endangered species are organisms that may possible become extinct. The term 'endangered species' refers to all species that fits this description. However some conservation biologists and scientists normally use the term ‘endangered species’ to refer to species that are put on the IUCN(International Union for Conservation of Nature)Red List. Many factors can be looked at when considering the conservation status of a species. Factors such as human threats or environmental threats can cause a species to become endangered.