By: Kaleb  – My Eagle facts

• The female and male eagle can weigh up to 16-28 pounds.
• The largest Eagle nest found was in Florida.  It was 9ft across and 20ft deep.  It weighed more than 2 tons.
• The Bald Eagle’s enemies are the Golden Eagle and people.
• If more than one eaglet is born, usually the strongest survives.
• Eagles eat fish, road kill, mice, rabbit, snakes and lizards.
• Eagle nests are made of sticks and anything they can find.
• An eagle likes to live near trees and the water.
• Our eagles live in Wisconsin all year round.
• Eagles are our national bird. 
• Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the turkey our national bird.

Eagle Facts By: Logan

•  Eagles can live up to 40 years old!
•  Eagles are our national bird!
• Eagle’s wingspan can be 8ft long!
• Eagle’s nests can be 10ft long!
• Eagles eat fish, worms and small reptiles!

My Eagle Facts -        By: Sophia

• In the wild, eagles can live 20-30 years with some living 40 or more.  In captivity, a Bald Eagle lived to be a record 48 years old.
• An eagle can eat up to 250-550 grams per day.
• An eagle can fly up to 10,000 feet in the air.
• Eagles can see two miles away.
• Eagles can fly to 20-60 miles per hour in normal flight and dive at more than 100 miles per hour.
• The Bald Eagle was chosen to be the national emblem of the United States on June 20, 1782 because of its long life and great strength.

Bald Eagle Facts -     By: Bailey

• Bald Eagle’s wings  tip to tip are 8 feet long.
• Bald Eagles weigh about 18 pounds.
• Bald Eagles can be fun if you are in a good mood.
• Bald Eagles have really big nests.
• Bald Eagles eat fish and they bring food to their nest.
• Bald Eagles live in forests and it feels like they live far away.
• Bald Eagle’s nests are really big.
• Bald Eagles are really famous.
• Bald Eagles are cute to me because I like the color yellow, brown, white and green.
• Bald Eagles are fun to search for.
• Bald eagles are something that you can think about all day long.

Eagle Facts -  By: Julia 

• Eagles can spot prey a mile (1.6  kilometers) away.
• Golden Eagles live in many parts of the world, including Western United States.
• Golden Eagles eat rabbits, marmots, and birds.
• Eagles may reach up to speeds up of 180 miles per hour (290 kilometers per hour when diving after prey).
• Eagles build huge nests in places that are difficult to reach, such as on ledges or high in trees.
• It takes about 35 days for eagle eggs to hatch.

Miki’s – Eagle Facts

•  A Bald Eagle egg is slightly smaller than a goose egg. 
• The chick will measure 4 or 5 inches at hatching.
• Bald Eagles incubate their egg(s) for about 35 days. 
• Bald Eagles begin incubation as soon as first egg is laid. 
• The second egg usually appears within 36 to72 hours after the first. 
• An eagle chick will eat as much as it can at a single feeding, storing food into its crop. 
• The crop is an organ near the bottom of the bird’s neck, and it gets bigger as it fills looking like a golf ball.
• The male does most of the hunting and scavenging during the early weeks of the chick’s life. 
• The female eagle will leave the nest to stretch, defecate, bathe, preen and hunt on her own.
• The male eagle weighs about 10lbs. and the female weighs about 14lbs.  The male’s wingspan is a little more than 6 feet from wing tip to wing tip, the female’s is between 6.5 and 7 feet.
• The chicks will be nearly full grown at 9 weeks of age.  They will add some weight as they develop their flight muscles after they leave the nest.  Their wingspan will be as large or slightly larger than the adults at time.
• First flights usually occur at 9 or 10 weeks of age.

Eagle Facts – By: Isabel

• An eagle’s diet is mostly fish but it will eat mice and voles and other little creatures if needed. 
• An eagle’s nest can be 2.9 meters wide and 6.1 meters deep and can weigh 2,772 kg (almost 3 tons). 
• It takes 35 days for an eagle to hatch. 
• A female eagle can grow up to 35 to 37 inches and is slightly larger than the male. The wingspan varies from 79 to 90 inches.  
• An eagle on the East Coast was tracked and flew 1,100miles  down the eastern coast.  Some western eagles have been tracked flying  much farther than this.

Eagle Facts – By: Rachel

• June 28, 2007-The Interior department took the American bald eagle off the endangered species list.
• The bald is a member of the sea and fish eagle group.
• Color- Both male and female adult bald eagles have blackish-brown back and breast; a white head, neck, and tail; and yellow feet and bill.
• Juvenile bald eagles are a mixture of brown and white. They reach full maturity in four to five years.
• Wingspan ranges from 72 to 90 inches.
• Bald eagles can fly as high as 10,000 feet.  Eagles can fly as fast as 30 to 35 mph.
• Bald eagles weigh from ten to fourteen pounds.
• Eagle bones are light, because they are hollow.
• The beak, talons, and feathers are made of keratin.
• Bald eagles have 7,000 feathers.
• Wild bald eagles may live as long as thirty years.
• Bald eagles sit at the top of the food chain.
• Eagles can lift 4 pounds.
• An eagle's diet is mainly fish, but they will eat small animals, birds, and carion.
• The bald eagle is a strong swimmer, but if the water is very cold, it may be overcome by hypothermia.
• All eagles are known for their excellent eyesight.
• Nests are built in large trees near rivers or coasts.
• An eagle reaches sexual maturity at around four or five years of age.
• Once an eagle finds a mate they will stay together until one dies.
• Bald eagles lay from one to three eggs.
• The 35 days of incubation duties are shared by both male and female.
• The nesting cycle lasts about 20 weeks.
• Today, there are an estimated 9,789 breeding pairs of bald eagles.
• Eagles molt in patches, taking almost half a year to replace feathers, starting with the head and working downward.
• The bald eagle became the National emblem in 1782 when the great seal of the United States was adopted.
• Cause of death- Fatal gun shot wounds, electrocution, poisoning, collisions with vehicles, and starvation.