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How Eagles Live - College Essay

How Eagles Live

My purpose of this paper is to explain the different types of eagles and how they live.
The bald eagle has the scientific name of haliaetus leucocephalus and is named for its white feathers that cover its head and neck. It is from the family accipitridae. An adult bald eagle is usually 40 inches long, and has a wingspan of about 6-7 feet. The adult bald eagle is dark brown with a white head and tail. An immature bald eagle is all brown with some white in tail and wing linings. Their beak, eyes, and feet are yellow.
The bald eagle lives along rivers, big lakes, and tidewater throughout the world except for South America. They locate fish by following seabirds, and then they rob osprey ...

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to be thirty or more years old. The adult golden eagle is evenly dark below, or with a lighting at the base of its tail. An immature golden eagle shows a white flash in the wing at the base of the primaries, and a white tail with a broad dark terminal band.

The golden eagle is found in the mountainous regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and is a partial migrant. The golden eagle eats rodents, snakes, birds, and can eat full-grown deer and sheep. They are now fully protected by law, but sheepherders once killed many, because it was thought that they preyed heavily on livestock.

The golden eagles make nests that can be ten feet across, and are made on cliffs overlooking their hunting ground. A golden eagle often uses the same nest for generations, and has between 2-3 spotted eggs per season.

The great harpy eagle (harpia harpyja), ranging from southern Mexico to Brazil, it is about one meter long and bears a crest of feathers on its head. Its body is black ...

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Added: 6/1/2008 11:10:35 AM
Category: Science & Nature
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 605
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