The bald eagle is the national symbol of the United States. It is not really bald. The feathers on its head are white. Its body is dark brown/black. There is white on its tail. The bald eagle is almost three feet tall. Its wingspread can be over six feet.

A few bald eagles may be found all over the United States and Canada. Most are found in Alaska, British Columbia, and Florida.

The eagle builds its nest in high places. It uses things like twigs, leaves, grass and moss. Nests are reused every year by the same pair of eagles. The pair keeps making the nest bigger. A nest can grow five to seven feet across or more.

The mother eagle lays up to three eggs. They hatch in about 35 days. Often the strongest baby will kill the others. It is many weeks before the young eagle is ready to learn to fly. Many eagles don’t live through this lesson.

People make it hard for the eagle to survive. Pesticides and hunting almost made the bald eagle extinct. Building water front property takes away the places the eagle needs to live.