Eagles are "birds of prey," which means they hunt for their food. Unlike other birds, which eat seeds or insects and travel only short distances in search of a meal, the eagle must often fly great distances in order to find worthy fare. In order to do this without expending the inordinate amounts ...

January 9, 2008 - Alaska Wildlife News is an online magazine published by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game

May 28, 2021 - (NEXSTAR) – An eagle-eyed turkey hunter from Wisconsin made a wild discovery on Wednesday morning. Neal Herrman, from Barron, had already harvested a bird in nearby Dunn County when he decided to continue scouting at other properties. A little while later, however, he stumbled across something much more fowl than a turkey. “I noticed something white out in the field, just a white spot… I put my binoculars on, and I thought, ‘I’m pretty sure that’s a bald eagle ...

November 5, 2023 - Duck and geese hunters who shoot but do not recover their game can indirectly harm eagles. If an eagle finds and consumes food contaminated with lead shot, the lead can accumulate in the bird, and cause toxicity and even mortality. The majority of farmers and ranchers will often shoot bald and ...

March 9, 2023 - Two men in Nebraska have been cited after hunting and killing a bald eagle, according to the Stanton County Sheriff's Office.

November 7, 2017 - Yet as a civilized society we don’t hunt them, nor do we sponsor/allow eagle and peregrine-killing derbies in which prizes are offered to those who bag the most birds. We don’t trap them for their plumage and sell their feathers to commercial buyers. We don’t have wildlife management agencies claiming they need to balance budgets based on revenue generated through the sale of bald ...

In fact, Bald Eagles will hunt just about anything they can catch, including mammals, such as rabbits and squirrels; birds like ducks, geese and coots; reptiles, including turtles; and amphibians. Bald Eagles also eat carrion, or the remains of dead animals. They can be found along roadsides ...

June 11, 2020 - The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C.

August 30, 2023 - Bald eagles are majestic apex predators. Click this video to see one hunting a salmon straight from a river.

January 29, 2020 - The resounding theme when I was young was that bald eagles were noble hunters, flying skyward and swooping down to grasp fish from an icy lake. In movies bald eagles had a piercing call, it sounded like a mighty high-pitched screech. I’m not sure how to convey this sound through text, but ...

If an eagle falls into the water during an aerial fight over food with another eagle or accidentally falls into the water, they are able to take flight from the water surface. The hunting area or home range patrolled by a bald eagle varies from 1,700 to 10,000 acres, though can be smaller where ...

Hunting: Fish are preferred but will also hunt mammals like squirrel, raccoon, rabbit, in addition to amphibians, reptiles, and other birds (primarily waterfowl). Bald Eagles often hunt solitarily, though in winter, multiple Bald Eagles can be observed at large feeding sights (usually unfrozen, ...

2 weeks ago - The birds primarily gather along the Squamish and Cheakamus Rivers, attracted by the salmon spawning in the area. Similar congregations of wintering bald eagles at open lakes and rivers, wherein fish are readily available for hunting or scavenging, are observed in the northern United States.