Long Point bay has three bald eagle families. Ministry of Natural Resources have brought them back here in the specially built eeries. Bald Eagles are one of the rarest members of the Eagle family. Bald Eagles are the second biggest bird in the world. Males are smaller then the females. The life span of a Bald eagle in the wild is 30years. In captivity it may live to be 36 years.

The Bald Eagle lives were there are marshes, rivers, lakes, seacoasts, forests, valleys and mountain regions.The male and female usually mate for life. The male usually tries to impress the female by doing aerial stunts. Eagles are very beautiful creatures. They soar so beautifully over the land. We have built nests for these beautiful creatures in Long Point, Normandale and Nanticoke. The nests are about 20 miles apart. They are 20 miles apart because bald eagles cover 20 miles for their hunting territory.

Eagles symbolize power, courage and immorality. There are more then 50 species that all belong to the hawk family, Accipitridae and Falconiformes. Eagles feast on animals such as fish, rodents, birds, snakes, turtles and rabbits. The bald eagles eat live animals but the also eat carrion animals. Carrion means already dead. So by the eagles eating the carrion animals they are helping clean up our beach.

Their sharp eyesight allows them to spot their prey from the high sky. When they hunt they will soar while watching their prey from up high or from a high perch. When the eagle spots its prey it will swoop down with tremendous speed and kill its prey, then it will bring his kill back to its mate. Eagles use their talons to catch their prey. Eagles also use their talons to rip their prey to shreds. Sometimes they will steal the catch of the green or blue herons we have.

It is endangered because of pesticide use, habitat loss, and problems created by humans. The bald eagle is still on the endangered list because the fear is that it needs to rebuild its numbers to a higher level before it's removed from the endangered list. Scientists want to make sure that the bald eagle makes a comeback and so it remains on the endangered list.

So now we know a bit more about our beautiful and endangered Bald Eagle.

Would you like to hear an eagle? Click the plug in. Thanks to Mr.R Goodlet for all his research and this sound au. He is very concerned about the wildlife and eagles in the Long Point area.

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info by Riley-Can and Susan - WV

Photo Courtesy of R. Goodlet, Port Ryerse