Indicadores

Eating Habits
Fish, waterfowl, rodents, snakes, and carrion

Habitat The Bald Eagle generally lives near coastlines, rivers, lakes rich in fish. Studies haveshown that it prefers waterbodies with a circumference greater than 10 kilomètres12.
This raptor needs large trees (coniferous or deciduous) for roosting and nesting. He chose the forests with a canopy cover of 20 to 60% andlocated near a point eau12.
The bald eagle is sensitive to human activities and research the wildest areas.According to specialists, he lives more of1, 2 km areas sparsely populated by humansand more than 1.8km urbanized areas or moderately occupés12.

The diet of the bald eagle is opportunistic and varied, although it eats mainly dupoisson.On the northwest coast of the Pacific trout and salmon makeup the bulk of itsalimentation15. Locally, however, his regime may deviate substantially from the general pattern. Thus, in British Columbia, fish account for only 10% in the diet, whereas inmarineinvertebrates represent 45% and 41% 16 birds. In some situations, especially in winter, it can eat carrion ungulates, debaleines or fish. Sometimes he take his food at campsites, onthe picnic areas and landfills.

Apperence The bald eagle is a large bird: his body is between 71 and 96 centimeters and a weightof 3 to 6.3 kg. Often mistakenly called "golden eagle", the species is sexuallydimorphicbecause females are 25% larger than mâles1. Also the maximum size of the bird varies from 168 centimeters to 244 for the male for femelle1. Similarly, it weighs environ5, 8 kgand the male 4.12.
Thesize also varies by region: the smaller specimens live in Florida, southeast United States, where the adult male rarely exceeds 2.3 kg with a wingspan of 1.8 meters. Thebald eagles are the mostimposing in Alaska, where the largest weighing over 7.5 kgwith a wingspan of over 2.4 metres3

DIET:  Fish is the primary food for Bald Eagles, but they will also eat carrion, birds, small...