Bald Eagle in Flight with Breakfast

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The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a North American bird of prey. They are large birds with a wing span of up to 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) and they subsist mainly on fish. Bald eagles build the largest tree nests ever recorded for any animal species. Nests can be up to 13 feet (4 meters) deep, 8.2 feet (2.5 meters) wide, and 1.1 tons (1 metric ton) in weight.