08/09/2023
A popular sight on our tours is the bald eagle 🦅 and their nest.
The bald eagle is a large predatory raptor.
An American icon with a brown body, recognisable white head and tail, and a hooked yellow beak.
The juvenile bald eagle looks different from the adults. They’re almost entirely brown with a few white markings under their wings and on their chest.
As they get older their bill turns from dark brown/ black to yellow and they gradually get more white markings until they reach sexual maturity at about 5.5 years old.
The adult male is about 90 cm (36 in) long and has a wingspan of 2 metres (6.6 feet). Male and female birds look alike, but the females can be up to 25% larger.