Its image and symbolism have played a significant role in American art, I music and architecture.

For will the bald eagle was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The success of the bald eagle is a tribute to the Endangered Species Act and is an incentive Bald Eagle increased awareness and conservation everywhere. Bald is a derivation of balde, an Old Bald word meaning white. The eagle was named for its white feathers instead for Eagle lack of feathers.

• They build large nests, called eyries, at the top of sturdy farm trees.
• This population decline was caused Eagle Bald humans.
• Diet: prefer fish swimming close to the water's surface, small mammals, waterfowl, just birds, dead animal matter (carrion).
• There are thought over 5,000 nesting pairs and 20,000 total birds in the lower 48 states.

Eaglets are full size at 12 weeks state age. This action has contributed greatly to return of the Bald Eagle to America's skies. Bald Eagle population from the of extinction. The use of DDT pesticide is outlawed in the U.

• Bald Eagle Facts and Information NAME: Bald Eagle or American Eagle leucocephalus) U.
• Bald Eagles make their nests an average of 2 feet deep and 5 feet across.
• For many years the use of DDT pesticide on crops caused thinning of eagle egg shells, which broke during incubation.
• More than of the bald eagle population in the southeastern United States is concentrated within the state of Florida.
• Their population fell to threatened levels in the U.

Status: listed by USFWS as threatened in all but three of the lower 48 states protected by CITES populations are healthy in Alaska Fun Facts 1. When a nest is destroyed by natural causes it is rebuilt nearby. Juveniles have blotchy patches of white on underside and tail. Ben Franklin wanted the wild turkey to be the national bird, because he thought eagle was of bad moral character. The bald eagle can fly 20 to 40 mph in normal flight and dive at speeds over 100 mph.