About Eagles

Scientific Name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus



Status: State Special Concern (now not a statutory category)



The bald eagle – so named due to its white head –

is located only in North America and is one of the

continent’s largest birds of prey. Here in the United

States, the bald eagle is recognized because the country’s

country wide symbol, a distinction it has held considering 1782. Young bald eagles are dark brown in color when they fledge the nest at approximately 12 weeks of age. Their head and tail feathers flip predominantly white in the fourth or 5th yr. Adult males weigh approximately eight to nine pounds. Females are slightly large, approximately 10 to fourteen pounds. The birds’ period is 31 to 37 inches with a wingspan of six to 7.5 toes.​​

Eagle Cam: Xcel Energy has a camera set up to display the interest of a bald eagle nest at their site in Saint Vrain, Colorado. View the Eagle Cam.​



Range: Historically, bald eagles lived during North America from Alaska to Newfoundland, and from Florida to California. During the early-mid 20th century, bald eagle populations declined in length because of insecticides (by and large DDT), human disturbance and loss of bushes for nesting habitat. Consequently the bald eagle changed into located on the Endangered Species List. With the ban of the pesticide DDT and safety of nesting habitat, bald eagle populations have extensively recovered. In Colorado, bald eagles are found at some point of a good deal of the country for the duration of both the summer and winter. They can often be visible close to large reservoirs and alongside main rivers (South Platte, Arkansas, Rio Grande, Yampa, Colorado).



Habitat:Bald eagles are seldom seen some distance from water - huge rivers, lakes and seacoasts. In Colorado they may be often discovered close to reservoirs and alongside major rivers (South Platte, Arkansas, Rio Grande, Yampa, Colorado) at some point of each the summer season and iciness. During the breeding season bald eagles guard territories and maximum frequently can be observed nesting in massive cottonwood bushes. In the iciness bald eagles communally roost in big bushes for heat and protection.Diet:In addition to fish (self-stuck or stolen from other birds), bald eagles eat ill and injured waterfowl, muskrats, squirrels, rabbits, prairie puppies and regularly consume carrion and road-killed animals.



Reproduction:Nests may be seven to 8 feet throughout, typically in tall timber excessive above the floor. Bald eagles regularly select dead limbs in tall bushes, probably due to the fact their view is not obstructed via foliage. Nests are regularly discovered close to water. Female lays one to three eggs, which are stupid white. The incubation period is ready 35 days, with both the male and girl preserving the eggs heat.



​​Endangered reputation: The bald eagle turned into indexed at the U.S. Endangered Species List as “endangered” until 1995 when it turned into downlisted to “threatened” status. By 2007 populations had drastically recovered and almost 10,000 bald eagles nested within the lower 48 states; the bald eagle turned into delisted from Endangered Species Act prote​​ction. The first bald eagle nests have been observed in Colorado within the mid-Seventies. Populations have when you consider that continuously elevated and, currently, nearly one hundred twenty nests are known in the state. Colorado additionally supports giant numbers of wintering bald eagles. Typically, at the least four hundred-1,000 bald eagles may be determined over-wintering at some stage in the kingdom. The bald eagle turned into eliminated for the Colorado list of threatened and endangered species in 2009