After all, how many other birds can you think of that have those iconic brown feathers and white heads? However, when it ...

The scales on their feet and lower legs are equipped with small spikes called spicules ... Even possessing a single bald eagle feather is illegal unless you’re a member of a federally recognized ...

Falcons, eagles, and vultures are all majestic birds of prey in their own right. While there are a number of similarities between these species, there are also several significant characteristics that ...

The bald eagle with the bald head is healing and ... Ninety percent of the skin transferred from the eagle's leg to its head survived the surgery, and doctors are letting the final 10 percent ...

X-rays showed the eagle had a double thighbone ... distinctive bird with buff-colored feathers on its crown and nape of the neck, feathered (“booted”) legs and a shiny, slate-colored beak ...

Even their feather structure plays a role in hunting success, with specialized barbs that interlock to create aerodynamic surfaces that can be adjusted during flight for optimal performance in ...

If everything goes perfectly and the eagle’s leg heals normally ... Adult male and female bald eagles grow their distinctive white feathers on their heads. This injured young adult eagle ...

And once they safely removed the bird from the netting of a bow trap for processing, raptor experts Abbey Krumrie and Ana Morales were able to examine its feathers and verify it was an adult.

You can hear the sound of bald eagles on allaboutbirds.org here. Eagles have about 7,000 feathers ... hawk and the golden eagle are the only American raptors to have legs feathered all the ...