Eagles: Master of the Sky

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and a half to three feet. It also has a yellow, razor sharp beak, with a sharp hook at the end. It has huge talons that look like four curved claws that can carry its prey which can be as big as the size of a fawn. This is particularly amazing when you consider that the bird itself weighs only about twelve pounds. This means that it can fly with prey much greater than its own weight. It is interesting to notice that different species of eagles are built differently depending on their habitats. Some have short wings and a longer tail, allowing them to fly better in the forest while others have longer wings and a short tail which fits them for gliding over plains. A bit later in this report, we will look at the comparable sizes of a few other species of eagles.

Eagles look huge and heavy, but the reality is that they are huge and light. They are light because they have hollow bones. These hollow bones allow them to float on air. Feathers help them fly also, but in a different way. ...

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but eagles have a different way to take off. This is what they do. They either have to be on a very tall tree or cliff and then they jump down, catching a current of air that holds them up and lets them glide. They can also take off by running down an open space of ground, like a plane on a runway, allowing them to catch an air current in order to take off. If an eagle is flying and the current that is holding it up drops out from under the eagle, it simply flaps its wings once or twice until it finds a new current. These different characteristics all contribute to the eagle’s ability to fly.

You might be wondering where eagles stay. If you think they stay in hotels, you would ...

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