| The strike
of the eagle talon is so powerful that it's force is twice
that of a rifle bullet.
Whenever a Bald Eagle migrates
south it always goes to the same spot and when it returns
north it always goes back to the same spot.
Sub adult eagles that have
not yet made a breeding territory are believed to wander
more.
Adult eagles usually stay near
their nesting territory as the supply of food and weather
conditions will allow.
Bald Eagles are the national
symbol of the United States
Eagles have great eyesight
that helps them see for one to one and a half miles away.
(Thus the term eagles eye) They can dive at 100 miles
per hour. Their eyesight and diving ability help them
catch food.
Bald Eagles help man by catching
rodents and rabbits that destroy grain fields.
Bald Eagles can fly with 8
pounds of food.
Bald Eagles normally eat fish.
Sometimes they will eat snakes and smaller birds.
There are approximately 7,000
feathers on an eagle.
Pound for pound, an eagle's
wing is stronger than the wing of an airplane.
An eagle can kill a young deer
and fly away with it.
An eagle's nest located in
Maryland, USA reportedly weighed about 3,000 pounds. |