Bald Eagles

In 1782 the Bald Eagle native to North America became our country’s national bird because of it’s strength, majestic beauty, and it’s long life span. They can live around 30 to 35 years in the wild and around 50 years in captivity.

Unlike most animals the males are smaller then the females. The females can weight around 14 pounds and have a wingspan up to 8 feet. Where as the males weight around 7 to 10 pounds and have a wing span of 6 feet.

                                  

Bald Eagle mate for life and share the responsibility’s of incubating  and protecting the 2-3 egg they can have a year.  At about 3 months after the baby Eagles hatch they learn how to fly, catch fish, and hunt for their own food.

A full grown Bald Eagle can fly up to 30 mile per hour and dive up to 100 miles an hour.

Interesting Fact:

1.) The largest Bald Eagle nest found was 9.5 feet wide and 20 feet high. It weighted more the two tons.

2.) Bald Eagles are almost  completely brown and black with a little white here and there for about the first 3 years. They don’t get their white head and their white tail until they are 4 to 5 years old.

(These photos where taken by my feature husband and I at Credit Island on 1/9/14)