Bald Eagle

Description:

The bald eagle is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known sub-species. Bald eagles are not actually bald; the name derives from an older meaning of "white headed". The adult is mainly brown with a white head and tail. The sexes are identical in plumage, but females are about 25 percent larger than males. The beak is large and hooked. The plumage of the immature is brown. This is the southern subspecies, H. l. leucocephalus.

Habitat:

This one was soaring over the stork ponds at the Silver Bluff Audubon Center near Jackson (Aiken County), SC. Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico. It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting.

Notes:

The bald eagle is both the national bird and national animal of the United States of America. The bald eagle appears on its Seal.