Eagles Facts

The strike of the eagle talon is so powerful that it's force is twice that of a rifle bullet.

Whenever a Bald Eagle migrates south it always goes to the same spot and when it returns north it always goes back to the same spot.

Sub adult eagles that have not yet made a breeding territory are believed to wander more.

Adult eagles usually stay near their nesting territory as the supply of food and weather conditions will allow.

Bald Eagles are the national symbol of the United States

Eagles have great eyesight that helps them see for one to one and a half miles away. (Thus the term eagles eye) They can dive at 100 miles per hour. Their eyesight and diving ability help them catch food.

Bald Eagles help man by catching rodents and rabbits that destroy grain fields.

Bald Eagles can fly with 8 pounds of food.

Bald Eagles normally eat fish. Sometimes they will eat snakes and smaller birds.

There are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle.

Pound for pound, an eagle's wing is stronger than the wing of an airplane.

An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it.

An eagle's nest located in Maryland, USA reportedly weighed about 3,000 pounds.