Nature birds eagles bald eagles. History of bald eagle decline protection and recovery view full timeline belowrecovery. The bald eagles recovery is an american success story. Bald eagles also eat birds reptiles amphibians rabbits and muskrat both live or as carrion. Breeding bird surveys are a nationwide monitoring effort coordinated by the us geological survey and the canadian wildlife services research center.
Outside this area just 14 species can be found2 in north america 9 in central and south america and 3 in australia. Federal laws that protect bald eagles bald and golden eagle protection act. Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family accipitridaeeagles belong to several groups of genera not all of which are closely relatedmost of the 60 species of eagle are from eurasia and africa. The primary difference is that bald eagles belong to a group of sea eagles that live in or near aquatic environments and are piscivorous fish eaters.
Located on the northeast shoreline of lake buchanan canyon of the eagles is an ideal get away offering the comfort of a full service nature resort. They sometimes gorge on food and digest it over several days and they can also survive fasting for many days or even weeks. The bald eagle will continue to be protected by the bald and golden eagle protection act even though it has been delisted under the endangered species act. More than 11000 waterfowl and wetland birds were killed or maimed after baseball sized pieces of hail wreaked havoc over a montana wildlife management area last weekend during a storm.