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16 unusual facts about bald eagle


Animas River

The Animas serves as habitat to resident and migratory Bald Eagles which arrive in the winter months to take advantage of the ice-free river.

Bald Eagle, Minnesota

Bald Eagle is an unincorporated community in White Bear Township, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States.

Cayo Costa State Park

The Southern Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) can be found flying about the island or sitting up on the high trees.

Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey

CWF assists in managing New Jersey's population of bald eagles.

Defense Distinguished Service Medal

Superimposed on this is an American bald eagle with wings outspread facing left grasping three crossed arrows in its talons and on its breast is a shield of the United States.

DuPont, Washington

The creek corridor is used by hundreds of species, including Bald Eagles, hawks, McKay's Bunting, song birds, herons, ducks, owls, frogs, salamanders, snakes, beaver, raccoons, coyotes, deer, and rabbits.

Federal architecture

The Bald Eagle was a common symbol used in this style, with the ellipse a frequent architectural motif.

Fulton, Oswego County, New York

Construction of the store was temporarily halted in early 2007 after the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation refused access to the area in order to preserve nesting Bald Eagles during the Spring season.

Harry Frank Guggenheim

His Cain Hoy Stable raced in the United States and was the owner of numerous successful horses including the 1953 Kentucky Derby winner, Dark Star and Eclipse Award winner Bald Eagle.

HC Slovan Bratislava

The mascot's name was determined by fans and its appearance will be of a bald eagle, which is also on HC Slovan's logo.

Heritage Plaza

The crown of the building is also said to resemble an image of a Bald Eagle spreading its wings.

Incontrolable

A startled bald eagle (the national bird of the United States) has just managed to escape being hit.

John Philp Thompson, Sr.

Oak Farms became the first national corporate sponsor of The March of Dimes, and 7-Eleven contributed to the purchase of land for a refuge for the American Bald Eagle via the National Wildlife Federation where he served on the Board of Directors.

Natural kind

Philosophers of biology argue about whether biological species, like the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), are natural kinds; even such familiar species as bird, cat, and dog cannot be established as natural types, since any plausible definitions of those species leaves the classification of some animals ambiguous.

Sierra de San Pedro Mártir National Park

The park is also home to many avian species like: Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, Falcon, Woodpecker, Black Vulture, Crow, several species of Sittidae.

United States v. Dion

Dwight Dion Sr., a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, was convicted of shooting four bald eagles in violation of the Endangered Species Act, and of selling the carcasses in violation of the Eagle Protection Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act.


Chilkoot River

The aqua fauna found in abundance in the Chilkoot River, as one approaches along the Lynn Canal and the outlet stream from the Chilkoot Lake, are Bald eagles, harbor seals, bears feeding on salmon and mountain goats on the hill slopes.

Ecology of Florida

Florida also has many species of armadillo, opossum, foxes and birds like the American Eagle and Osprey, but are also being forced from their natural environments and into more urban areas, contributing to high percentages of roadkill.

Joseph Canyon

The lands currently provide wildlife habitat for two federally listed threatened species, the bald eagle and the Snake River steelhead, and may provide habitat for the threatened lynx, Townsend's Big-eared Bat, and Mountain Quail.

Los Vaqueros Reservoir

The watershed is currently home for many rare, threatened and endangered species including fairy shrimp, bald and golden eagles, Alameda whipsnake, western pond turtle, California tiger salamander, California red-legged frog, San Joaquin kit fox, and the San Francisco dusky-footed wood rat.

Red-shouldered Hawk

Non-nesting adults, being a fairly large and powerful predator, have fewer natural predators, but (both during and after the breeding season) they may be predated by Great Horned Owls, Red-tailed Hawks, Barred Owls, Peregrine Falcons, Prairie Falcons, and Bald and Golden Eagles.