Eagles are some of the largest, strongest, most powerful birds of prey.  Only condors and various types vultures are larger than most eagles. Eagles are fierce, proud, majestic birds of prey.

               Eagles can soar gracefully at high altitudes. They use a special technique so that they can fly over twenty-five miles without flapping their wings. This technique is to find a thermal (a hot air updraft), climb up to an altitude well over two hundred feet, and then fly out of the thermal and you're off an a voyage.

          There are fifty-nine different species of eagles. The golden eagles are the largest eagles in the United States of America. Bald eagles are abundant in Alaska. Golden eagles are abundant in the western part of the United States.

           Eagles have long been symbols of power, freedom, and courage.

           Eagle eggs are about three inches long and two inches wide.  One to three eggs are laid every litter.  If incubated properly they should be able to hatch in about seventy to ninety days. Chicks are born with small talons on the end of their claws. When they're born, most know what's good for them and not by instinct.  Most of the time only one chick will survive (which is usually the first one hatched).