Size and Appearance
True or False? Eaglets are born with a white head.
False. They are born with brown feathers and develop their white feathers around 4-6 years of age.
True or False? Eagles can swim.
True ! Bald Eagles can swim , using an overhand wing movement similar to the butterfly stroke.
Eagles primarily feed this food to their young.
What is fish. The eagle's diet is made up of 70-80 percent fish. Eagles are opportunistic feeders and will eat rodents, carrion and small birds
Which eagle parent typically builds and maintains the nest?
Both parents build and maintain the nests.
The Bald Eagle is the National Symbol of this country.
What is the United States?
Which eagle is larger in size, a male or female?
The female eagle are larger then the males.
Eagles can reach this speed while flying.
What is 30 mph. ? They can reach speeds of 100 mph while diving.
Eagles are diurnal hunters. What does this mean?
They hunt during the day.
How long is the incubation period for an eagle egg?
a.) 15-25 days
b.) 31-45 days
c.) 53-68 days
b.) 31-45 days
The bald eagle was adopted as the national bird of US in which year ?
a.) 1776
b.) 1782
c.) 1886
What is 1782 ?
The eagle has 4 of these on each foot.
What are talons?
The term for baby eagles.
What is eaglet?
A bald eagle can see a rabbit from ______ miles away.
a.) 1 mile
b.) 3 miles
c.) 5 miles
What is 3 miles away?
True or False? Eagles build nests in different locations every Spring.
False. Eagles typically return to the same location the following year.
The bald eagles appears on this state's flag.
What is the state of Illinois?
True or False? Bald eagles have no feathers on their head.
False. Eagles have white feathers on their head. Their name derives from the word "Balde" meaning white-headed.
Bald eagles are only found on this continent.
What is North America?
A bald eagle's hunting range typically spans:
a.) 1-6 miles
b.) 7-10 miles
c.) 15 + miles
a. ) 1-6 miles
Adults usually stay within their territory year round as long as there is open water where they can hunt.
True or false? Eagles often turn their eggs to evenly incubate their eggs.
True
Ben Franklin wanted this bird as the national bird, because he thought the eagle was of bad moral character.
What is the wild turkey?
How many feathers does a bald eagle have?
a.) 2000
b.) 7000
c.) Over 9000
c.) 7,000 feathers
What is the only threat of the American Bald eagle?
Bald eagles have no natural predators, meaning they face almost exclusively human caused threats ( lead poisoning from ammunition in carrion), pesticides and collisions with vehicles.
Bald eagles often engage in " Kleptoparasitism". What does this mean?
What is stealing food from others. An example of this could be an eagle scaring a duck into dropping a fish and taking it for herself.
Bald eagles typically fledge or leave their nest in approximately:
a.) 4-6 weeks
b.) 10-12 weeks
c.) 15-20 weeks
b.) 10-12 weeks (70-84 days)
What is the American eagle holding in his talons and beak on the Great Seal of the United States?
a.) A fish, a fishing pole and a net
b.) A quill pen, an inkwell and the Declaration of Independence
c.) An olive branch, arrows and a scroll with the motto " E Pluribus Unum"
c.) Olive branch, arrows and scroll
The olive branch and arrows held in he eagle's talons denote the power of peace and war. The scroll clenched in his beak expresses the union of the 13 original states.