Very large raptor
Adults unmistakable with brown body and white head and tail
Bill large and hooked
Long broad wings held flat while soaring

Size: 28-38 in
Wingspan: 80 in
Weight: 106-223

The bald eagle was adopted as the symbol 
of the United States in 1782.
It measures about 30 inches in length 
and has a wingspan of 72-84 inches,
It's adult plumage is unmistakable, it has a brown body
set off by a white head and tail and bright yellow bill.

The immature bald eagle lacks the white head and tail of the mature Bald Eagle. It has varying amounts of white spotting over its body, tail and underwings. They are often mistaken for immature golden eagles,
which are much rarer in New York.

Syllables:   im-ma-ture bald  ea-gle
Pronunciation:   I mE chur

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The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
 is a bird of prey indigenous to North America, most recognizable as the national bird of the United States. The species was on the brink of extinction late in the 20th century but has largely recovered and now has a stable population and is no longer on the U.S. federal government's list of endangered species.

The bird gets both its common and scientific names from the distinctive white color of the adult's head feathers; baeld is the Old English word for "white" and Haliaeetus is the New Latin for "sea eagle," from the Greek haliaetos. Leucocephalus is the Greek for "white head," from leukos ("white") and kephale ("head").

Range and habitat
Bald eagles can be found in small concentrations throughout the U.S. and Canada, particularly near large bodies of water. The state with the largest resident population is Alaska; out of the estimated 100,000 bald eagles on Earth, half live in Alaska.)

Description
An immature bird has speckled brown feathers all over, the distinctive head and body plumage arriving 2–3 years later, before sexual maturity. Adult females have a wingspan of approximately 2.1 meters (7 feet); adult males have a wingspan of 2 meters (6 feet, 6 inches). Adult females weigh approximately 5.8 kg (12.8 lb), males weigh 4.1 kg (9 lb).

  Behavior
Bald Eagles build huge nest platforms out of branches, usually in large trees. Pairs, who mate for life, add material to the nest each breeding season. After several years, the nest may weigh upwards of a thousand pounds or more.

Bald Eagles which are old enough to nest often return to the area in which they were raised. They are more social than many other raptor species: an adult bald eagle looking for a nesting site is more likely to select a location that contains other immature eagles than one with no eagle population.

Bald Eagles are powerful fliers, and ride thermal convection currents to range far.

Reproduction
Bald Eagles are sexually mature at 4 or 5 years of age. Mated pairs produce between one and three eggs per year, but it is rare for all three chicks to successfully fledge. Third chicks are sometimes removed from nests to use in reintroduction programs in areas where the species has died out.

In such programs, the birds are raised in boxes, on platforms in the tree canopy, and fed in such a way that they cannot see the person supplying their food, until they are old enough to fly and find their own food.

Diet
The Bald Eagle's diet is varied, including fish, smaller birds, rodents, and sometimes food scavenged or stolen from campsites and picnics.

  Rare vagrant
This species has occurred as a vagrant once in Ireland. The exhausted specimen was discovered by a national parks worker in a northern heath. Presumably, a storm blew it out to sea, and the bird struggled across the Atlantic Ocean.

Category: Eagles

Bald Eagle 

Scientific classification

         Kingdom:  Animalia
         Phylum:   Chordata
         Class:   Aves
         Order:   Falconiformes
         Family:   Accipitridae
         Genus:   Haliaeetus
         Species:   H. leucocephalus