wa-bald-eagle

=Bald Eagles=

__Scientific Name__: //Haliaeetus leucocephalus//
===__Physical description__: Bald Eagles have  white heads and tails with brown-blackish body. Their beaks and legs are golden and they have large wings and great height.===

__Diet__: Fish and small mammals. If there starving they might pray on bigger animals.
===__Behavior & adaptations to its way of life__: Bald eagles have trained there wings and legs to have incredible strength and be able to lift a lot of weight. They can go 35-44 mph and up to 30 miles when carrying fish.===

===__How it reproduces__: Bald eagles literally mate for life. If their mate dies or disapears, they'll find a new one. If there mate fails continuesly to give birth, they'll leave them. To attract mates a bald eagle will do a series of flight displays, some getting themselves killed.===

__Relationship to other animals (predator/prey, parasite, etc.)__: It mostly eats fish and mammals so it keeps those populations in check.
===__Relationship to people__: The bald eagle is a symbol for the U.S.A and for North American Indian tribes. Some people like them, some don't. Ben Franklin once wrote a letter saying that an eagle should not represent the U.S. for it was a bird of "bad moral".===

===__History__: Blad eagle is the national bird for the U.S.A & is regonized easily for it is shown on many seals including The Seal Of The President Of The United States Of America. Also it is famous in North American culture, eagles were said to be spiritual messengers between the gods and humans.===