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American Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
40.6614, -88.9362
Field Notes
Description:
Very large predatory bird with very distinctive field marks. Adults have a white head with a yellow beak, brown body, white tail and yellow legs. Immature birds have a brown body. Often seen soaring above as these birds were doing, the bald eagle field marks make easy to recognize.
Habitat:
Foung near woodlands and forest that adjoin bodies of water such as rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Notes:
These birds are being sighted in central Illinois more frequently. This sighting took place over a large lake about 50 miles east of the Illinois River at Peoria.
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