Bald Eagle Juvenile Stare
by Jennie Marie Schell
Title
Bald Eagle Juvenile Stare
Artist
Jennie Marie Schell
Medium
Photograph - Photography Art Designs
Description
This young Montana Bald Eagle seems not happy with getting it's picture taken and stared directly at the camera. Immature birds have mostly dark heads and tails; their brown wings and bodies are mottled with white in varying amounts. For the first five years they gradually change; the beak and legs turn from black to yellow, the eyes from brown to pale yellow, body feathers from mottled to dark brown, and head and tail feathers from mottled to solid white.
The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), is a bird of prey (raptor) of North America. It can be found near large bodies of water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting. It builds the largest nest of any North American bird and the largest tree nests ever recorded for any animal species. Maturity is attained at the age of four to five years. Bald eagles are not actually bald; the name derives from an older meaning of the word, "white headed". The adult is mainly brown with a white head and tail. The male and female are identical in plumage, but females are about 25 percent larger than males. The plumage of the immature bald eagle is brown. The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States of America and it appears on its seal.
Copyright by Jennie Marie Schell. All Rights Reserved.
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September 8th, 2018
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