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By: Geneva Bower and Kyla Thomas |
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Golden colour. |
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Its booted which means it has feathers on its
legs |
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At the most its 20 pounds, 36 inches and has a
wingspan of 8 feet |
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Its favorite foods are rabbits and hares |
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It also eats ground squirrels, marmots, and
grouse. |
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If there is not much food around they might
attack a deer or another large animal. |
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They also feed on dead animals |
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It lives in north America, Europe, Asia, and
north Africa |
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Their habitat is almost any terrain |
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They build they're nest on rocky cliffs or tall
trees for a good hunting view |
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It sees 2-3 times better than a human |
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Its skeleton is hollow and filled with air |
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The bones weigh less than the eagles feathers |
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The beak is as sharp as a knife |
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It can fly up to 190 km per hour |
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Its eggs take up to 45 days to hatch instead of
35 |
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The babies predators are raccoons, snakes,
ravens, owls and other eagles |
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Its Mexico's national bird |
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AKA the king of birds |
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Golden eagles can rip large holes in an
aircraft. |
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Books- |
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Eagles
by: Deborah Hodge pg- 9,12, 10, 11, 18, 19,14, 15, 16. |
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Wildlife encyclopedia pg- 1057-1059 |
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Birds
of prey Robert Bateman pg- 5 |
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Notes
