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Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
47.8075, -91.5328
Field Notes
Description:
The adult bald eagle is large bird of prey with a white head and tail and dark brown body. Feet and strongly-hooked beak are yellow. Immature bald eagles are brown with irregular white splotching under the wings and on the breast. Feet and beak are brown. Females are larger than males.
Habitat:
Usually found along large water features, where they feed on fish. They will, however, venture into upland areas to hunt rabbits and other prey.
Notes:
I photographed this eagle on a wilderness canoe trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. We were paddling along the Isabella River and was just entering a lake where we planned to camp that evening. Ironically, the name of the lake was Bald Eagle Lake. Pretty cool to be escorted into the lake by this big bird of prey.
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