Bald Eagle Diet Facts For Kids Information

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Bald Eagle Diet Facts For Kids Information

The bald eagle is most popular birds in the world since emblem as the national bird of United State of America since June 20, 1782.  The bald eagle has unusual life than another eagle in the world.

Bald eagle is sea eagle has the larger normally wingspan about 1.8 to 2.3 meters an adult and strong wings can pick up to fly heavy prey to their nests such as cat body, puppies, rabbit, size 3 to 6.3 kg mass, and long life about than 20 years living in the wild.

Adult bald eagle has black pattern body plumage and white-headed has yellow beak and feet. however, the juvenile eagle total full of black and brown pattern on its body white-headed make them named the Bald Eagle.

The bald eagle is great hunting raptor in eagle class whereas has speed on diving about 120 to 160 km per hour and also has sharp talons to catch it prey. The single bald eagle can eat fish comprise about 70 to 90 percent on total it diet food like another sea eagle the bald eagle main food is fish, for example:

Other food for substitution opportunity of bald eagle diet is like bald eagle often follow of bird migration like duck, Chicken, seagull, and geese also hunting and feed injured bird cause hunting. The bald eagle as raptor needs more energy. So, they need fresh meat for protein bald eagle also can hunting groundhog and other mammals like

Bald eagle feeding chain as so different animal include the mammal, fish, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates such as crab, etc. Bald eagle food depends on opportunity animal as prey show up near them can be bald eagle prey.

Bald eagle habitat now increases since protect by low of US government their population now raise significantly based on the report by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Estimated Number of Bald Eagle Breeding Pairs US Map estimates 9,789 last 2017. Bald eagle main life in delta river and the coastwise area in north America.

Bald eagle build big size nest that makes them as one of the eagles with the largest nest in the world.
The bald eagle lay eggs about 1 to 2 each one breeding season and raise their chick about 6 months together male and female.

Bald Eagle main diet food is fish also all of animal opportunity to catch. Such as mammal, rat, migration bird, snakes, lizard, amphibians, and reptiles.