Bald eagle pieces and feeding it directly to young at first, after 3-6

weeks. Age at first flight about 10-12 weeks.

It is the national bird symbol of the
United States. Bald eagles live across Now find the words, write them and then find them in
North America from Alaska to the wordsearch. The rest of the letters is the result.
Mexico. B F I S H H
E G I B T S
The word "bald" meant "white," not hairless. It has a white
A E A R G S
head and a dark body with a white tail. Its beak is big and
K L O E T E
hooked , legs and feet are yellow. But young bald eagles S N T H E L
have mostly brown heads. They build their enormous nests W A T E R *
high in the treetops near water. The male and female work
on the nest together. The nests are very big and weight up
to 900 kg. Male bald eagles weight less than females. 1. A bald eagles have strong and hooked ..........

Bald eagles eat mostly fish. They 2. They build their nests near .............

dive into the water to get them. 3. Bald eagles eat mostly .............
When they see a small animal, the
eagles dive at 160 kilometres per 4. Bald eagles live in ........... America.
hour to get it. But it often feeds on 5. Male bald eagles weight ........ than
carrion, including dead fish and it females.
steals food from Ospreys and other
6. Its beak is ....... and hooked.
smaller birds.
7. It is the national bird symbol of ...... United States.
Bald eagles usually soar with their
wings almost flat. Eagles also have RESULT: A bald eagle baby is called _ _ _ _ _ _ .
sharper vision than people, and their field of vision is wider.
They can see ultraviolet light. Both of those things mean
the expression “eagle eye” is spot-on. Adapted from http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/ pictures: www.chuckbutt.com, cool2bKids.com

At least one parent remains with young for first 2 weeks.

Both parents bring prey to nest, tearing food into small