The Bald Eagle is a majestic bird. The adult bird has a
brown body, brown wings, white head, and large, hooked
yellow bill. Younger birds appear all brown.
Bald Eagle almost always live near water because their
main food source is fish. Sometimes, however, Bald Eagles
will eat dead animals (carrion). They will even steal from
other birds such as ospreys and gulls! It was for this
reason that the famous Patriot Benjamin Franklin
preferred the Wild Turkey as America’s National Symbol.
Nevertheless, the Bald Eagle remains America’s symbol.