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The bald eagle is placed in the genus Haliaeetus (), and gets both its common and specific scientific names from the distinctive appearance of the adult's head. Bald in the English name is from an older usage meaning "having white on the face or head" rather than "hairless", referring to the white head feathers contrasting with the darker body. [4]
Good viewing locations abound, but the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, established in 1982, with more than 80 nests, is tough to top. You can see the eagles from designated parking areas or a 2-mile ...
Bald Eagle Mountain is in the western part of the Ridge and Valley province of the Appalachian Mountains. Brush Mountain and the neighboring Nittany Mountain and Tussey Mountain ridges are part of the same Paleozoic anticline, the limbs of which consist of the older Ordovician Bald Eagle Formation (), Juniata Formation (interbedded sandstone and shale), and younger Silurian Tuscarora Formation ...
The most famous wildlife resident in the Blackwater Wildlife Refuge is the bald eagle. The refuge hosts the largest breeding population of bald eagles on the East Coast north of Florida, and during the winter, many eagles migrate to Blackwater Refuge from northern states and from Canada. The Friends of Blackwater website offers a live Eagle Cam ...
The bald eagle, a symbol of the nation for over 200 years, returned from near extinction to become America's bird − officially − this week. The bald eagle, a symbol of the nation for over 200 ...
In California's San Bernardino Mountains, two bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, have been making national news lately. It started when Jackie laid a clutch of three eggs, instead of the more common ...
The preserve is home to the world's largest concentration of bald eagles. 200 to 400 birds live there year-round, with up to 4,000 observed during the annual Fall Congregation. The Haines Highway from miles 12–18 (km 19–29) is a popular viewing location. Bald eagles fish along the Chilkat River
Drainage from the upper slope has cut a series of small ravines in the lower ridge line, leaving a terraced lower slope in the Bald Eagle Formation. On the neighboring Bald Eagle, Brush, and Dunning Mountain ridges to the west that formed the opposite side of the ancient mountain, the same three rock layers are exposed in reverse order, with ...