ANIMAL HABITAT PROJECT OCTOBER 10 2011 THE BUTUIFUL BALD EAGLE BY:INDIA QUICK ANIMAL HABITAT PROJECT OCTOBER 10 2011 B

What is a bald eagle Color - Both male and female adult bald eagles have a blackish-brown back and breast; a white head, neck, and tail; and yellow feet and beak.     Juvenile bald eagles are a mixture of brown and white; with a black beak in young birds. The adult plumage develops when they are sexually mature. It takes about five years for their head and tail feathers to gradually turn white.     The bald eagle is the only eagle confined to North America. There are no other large blackish-brown birds with a white head and tail in North American. .

ADAPTAION Read more: The bald eagle is a raptor(bird of prey) that lives in North American forests, swamps, wetlands, lakes, and rivers. It also roams most of Canada, Alaska, much of the contiguous United States, and Northern Mexico. In the winter bald eagles live in the United States. In the summer they live in Canada. All year round they by the perimeter of the Bald eagles live in every state except Hawaii.

So it has to have a lot of feathers HOW DOES IT LIVE THERE It gets very cold in the winter So it has to have a lot of feathers If not it will die of freezing coldness

young There are not really any predators that threaten the bald eagle chicks or eggs as the parents are almost always on the nest and they are quite powerful and large birds. For about 2 ½ months, the parents will care for the chicks by bringing food to the nest.  The chicks take their time leaving the nest. After approximately 12 weeks, they work their way out on the branches near the nest. They'll learn to fly but stay in the nearby area.  The parents continue to provide some food until the young are independent.  Young eagles are on their own until they are about five years old.  During their juvenile years, they will go through several color changes and molts.  At about 5 years of age, they'll look for a mate.

nesting Nests - The shape of the eagle nest or aerie is determined mainly by the branch point where it's built. Sticks placed in tree forks result in cylindrical or conical shaped nests. Disk shaped nests are built on the ground or a tree branch which is nearly level. Bowl shaped nests occur where the tree trunk branches off into smaller upright branches. Inverted cone shaped nest.   

It needs water so it can bath It needs fish so it can eat food SERVIVAL It needs water so it can bath It needs fish so it can eat food It needs warm air so it can live

It eats fish so they don't get along AFFECTS EINVIORMENT It eats fish so they don't get along It eats mice so they don't get along It eats birds so they don’t get along

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