Ten Independence Day Items of Trivia About The Bald Eagle:
- Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson served on the committee that picked the eagle for the national seal [Franklin wanted the turkey].
- Bald eagles have few natural enemies and live only in North America.
- Bald eagles get their white head and tail feathers about 4/5 years of age.
- Bald eagles are not, and never were bald. The term comes from when "bald" meant "white-headed".
- Their maximum speed: 40 mph or over 100 mph while in a dive.
- They can lift roughly half their body weight.
- The Bald Eagle is no longer considered endangered, and now only threatened.
- The only other kind of eagle in North America is the golden eagle.
- Bald eagles mate for life, but if one dies, the survivor will accept a new mate.
- It is a felony to shoot an eagle.
Current whereabouts:
Bridgeport, California for an old fashioned Independence Day weekend.
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