American Bald Eagle Taking off is a photograph by Ricky L Jones which was uploaded on February 5th, 2016.
Title
American Bald Eagle Taking off
Artist
Ricky L Jones
Medium
Photograph - Semi-matte Photo Paper
Description
Wisconsin River
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, from Greek hali "sea", aiētos "eagle", leuco "white", cephalos "head") is a bird of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico. It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting.
The bald eagle is an opportunistic feeder which subsists mainly on fish, which it swoops down and snatches from the water with its talons. It builds the largest nest of any North American bird and the largest tree nests ever recorded for any animal species, up to 4 m (13 ft) deep, 2.5 m (8.2 ft) wide, and 1 metric ton (1.1 short tons) in weight. Sexual maturity is attained at the age of four to five years.
Bald eagles are not actually bald; the name derives from an older meaning of "white headed". The adult is mainly brown with a white head and tail. The sexes are identical in plumage, but females are about 25 percent larger than males. The beak is large and hooked. The plumage of the immature is brown.
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February 5th, 2016
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Comments (29)
Larry Nieland
Ricky, your birding images are becoming very impressive - like this one ! - Love it ......Fave+L
Wes and Dotty Weber
Awesome capture, congrats too for the Highlighted Artist of the Week. Love your snowy owls too!
Hanne Lore Koehler
Incredible action capture, Ricky! Amazing detail! Congratulations on your Wisconsin Flowers And Scenery HIGHLIGHTED ARTIST feature! L/F
John Malone
Awesome action shot! Congratulations on your Highlighted Artist of the Week selection in WFS! L/F
Donna Kennedy
Fantastic capture Ricky, Congratulations on your Highlighted Artist of the Week Feature in WFS!...L/F
Barbara McMahon
Congratulations Ricky on being a HIGHLIGHTED ARTIST FOR THIS WEEK! Wow! What an amazing capture! l/f
Carolyn Rosenberger
Congrats on your Special Highlight Feature! It is amazing how you caught this at just exactly the perfect second! L&F
Randy Rosenberger
Congratulations for being one of our present SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTED ARTISTS, as you are very deserving of this special honor. Check it out on top of the Homepage of our site. It surely is a true honor to FEATURE THIS BEAUTY ON OUR HOMEPAGE! Your talents and love for art are surely dominant in this beautiful piece of outstanding art work! Thanks so very much for sharing, so we may enjoy and adore the beauty within! LIKED AND FAVED Randy B. Rosenberger (admin of WFS group) http://fineartamerica.com/groups/wisconsin-flowers-and-scenery.html
Randy Rosenberger
Beautiful take on this take off, Ricky! Love it! Please enter into WFS group contest on Raptors. Well worthy of high recognition.
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