The bald eagle is native to North America and is one of the largest birds in the continent. Female bald eagles are larger than males and weigh 8 to 12 pounds with a wingspan up to 8 feet. Males weigh 6 to 10 pounds with a wingspan up to 6 feet. Although adults have a white head and tail, yellow beaks and eyes, young eagles are uniformly brown in color and in their first year are larger than adults because of longer wing and tail feathers. Eagles have keen eyesight that can focus on objects 3 to 4 times farther away than humans can.
Eagles use their strong feet, or talons, to capture prey.
Their elongated beak with a sharp tip is used to tear food. Eagles are opportunistic scavengers. They typically eat fish, squirrels, wading birds, ducks and road-killed animals. May. Most eagles nest in a live pine or cypress tree and often reuse the same nest year after year. Egg laying generally occurs in late November but can occur into February if the first nesting attempts are unsuccessful.