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The Bald Eagle
by
Peter
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The Bald
Eagle is 75 to100 centimeters in length. They weigh the light
weight of 9 to 14 pounds. They have white feathers on their
head, tail, and wing tips. Every where else is brown. It
lives from 20 to 30 years, like a horse.
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The Bald Eagle lives near rivers and large lakes,
because it catches most of its food in the water.
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Bald Eagles
are carnivores and hunt during the day. They eat mostly fish,
they also hunt and scavenge for small mammals snakes and other birds.
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The first stage
of its life cycle is the egg. The egg contains
a bird embryo and food for the embryo. The shell of the egg
protects the embryo while it grows. Once the eagle is hatched
from the egg it is a baby bird. This is the second stage of an
eagle's life cycle.
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A baby
eagle lives in its parents nest, Its parents bring it food.
When baby eagles hatch they are covered with down feathers.
After a few weeks the eagle's wings grow stronger. By now it has
adult feathers. It can fly out of its nest and get its own food. It is
an adult eagle. later it will reproduce.
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| Eagles have a 7 foot wingspan. An
eagle's
nests weigh up to a ton. The eagle has about 7,000
feathers. Eagles live up to 50 years in captivity. An
Eagle has excellent eyesight. Bald Eagles can see something as
small as a rabbit 2 miles away. Eagles can glide a very long
time. Eagles can fly 160 kilometers an hour. The Bald
Eagle is Americas national bird. Eagles are very
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