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Bald Eagle Facts
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- An eagle has approximately 7,000 feathers on its body.
- A bald eagle can swim using their wings to propel themselves through the water.
- Since eagles hunt during the day they use their sense of site to find prey.
- The diet of a bald eagle is mostly fish which is found with the bird's excellent sense of site.
- The next of a bald eagle can be up to eight feet across and may weigh a ton.
- Eagles may use the same nest over and over again for many years.
- Eagles are a threatened species. They were reclassified from "endangered" to "threatened" in the lower 48 states in 1994.
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