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Bald EaglesApril 2015
Habitat
Bald eagles build nests near lakes.
Eagles live in forest near water.
Diet
Bald eagles eat fish heads for nutrients.
Nest/Egg Facts
Did you know that after five weeks the young stand up and feed themselves?
Pairs lay 1-3 eggs from February to March.They stay near their parents for the next 6 weeks for food while learning to hunt on their own.
Appearance
What do bald eagles look like? At 4 or 5 years old they have full white heads and tails with dark brown black bodies.
Adults measure 30 to 40 inches from head to tail with a 7-8 foot wingspan.They weigh from 8 to 14 pounds.
Behavior
The adults return to same nest every year. Bald eagles are powerful creatures. Eagles steal other birds food. A bald eagles uses its wings to row over a river.
Bald eagles mate in fall to spring. When on the ground Bald Eagles walk in an awkward, rocking way.
Conservation
Did you know that New Jersey had 20 pairs of nesting bald eagles until 1970.Then it dropped to one pair because of the pesticide DDT.
Bald eagles have been here for 88 years. Scientists have been bring eagles to new Jersey.
Other Interesting Facts
Bald eagles live 30 years or longer. A bald eagle may even snatch a fish directly out of an Osprey talons.
Bald eagles have been known to play with plastic bottles and other objects.
BibliographyStudents used the following web sites to research this project:● The Cornell Lab of Ornithology All About Birds http://www.allaboutbirds.
org/guide/bald_eagle/lifehistory● Species Spotlight: Introducing Bald Eagles & Eagle Cam to your Students
http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/downloads/cwnj_617.pdf● Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey Bald Eagles http://www.
conservewildlifenj.org/downloads/cwnj_15.pdf● Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey Fun Facts About the Bald
Eagle http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/downloads/cwnj_48.pdf● Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey New Jersey Endangered and
Threatened Field Guide http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/species/fieldguide/view/Haliaeetus%20leucocephalus/