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__The Golden Eagles__

Golden Eagles have a distinctive M shape wing.It has a wingspan of 6 to 7 feet, making it one of the biggest birds crossing Hawk Mountain.They have a brown color and live for 4 to 5 years. One distinguishing feature is a white band on the golden eagle's tail. Golden Eagles main diet is medium sized animals such as rabbits, doves, goats, fawns, and the occasional carrion. There average hunting technique is to drop down on it's pray and kill with it,s beak. They weigh about 15 to 20 pounds.The Golden eagle nests in cliffs and tall trees and is the national bird for five countries. Chicks are white with black specks and the eggs are the same color.

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Golden Eagle hunting WARNING: this video is intense, goats get dragged off cliff, not recommended for children under 8. Immature Golden Eagle and Golden Eagle

Golden and Bald Eagle

__//Bald Eagle//__

__//Mature Bald Eagle Photos and movie- to learn more about these birds click on link below//__ //Bald Eagles are large birds of prey that are the United States symbol and national bird. When migrating, Bald Eagles travel through a mountain called Hawk Mountain becuase the species of raptor travels to Florida for the winter months were food is plentiful. When our grade visted Hawk Mountain on October 1st, we did not see many of these birds becuase it was not at the peak of their migration season. Bald Eagles are Early September and Late August migrants.// //When looking at North Lookout for these birds, they can be identified by their 6-7 foot wings span and M shaped wings. Are also found near bodies of water because the diet of these birds is mainly fish, small mammals and reptiles.// media type="youtube" key="Aq8NRDDssMw?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

Link to find out more information about the Bald Eagle: Bald Eagle

//__Immature Bald Eagle__//

To tell the mature from immature, just look at the head and tail. The mature has a white head, sometimes mistaken as Bald so this is how it got its name, and tail which is also white.

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