Bald Eagles Research Paper

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The bald eagles diet mainly consists of fish and other types of creatures that can easily be snatched out of a river or lake by the eagles sharp claws. The habitat of the bald eagle is mainly by a water source for example a river or lake another one of their habitats is a American wet land where its moist and by a water source. A bald eagles features are very interesting the average bald eagles height of a bald eagle is 30 inches, the average weight of a bald eagle is 8-12 pounds, the average wingspan is 6-7 feet long. The bald eagle lives in any type of wetland mainly by a lake or stream were it is easy to catch their prey fish. The bald eagles characteristics are its well known bald head which is what its named after and

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