Bald Eagle (American Eagle)

The Bald Eagle is North America's iconic raptor, easily recognized by its striking white head and tail contrasting with a dark brown body and wings. Measuring up to 3 feet in length with a massive 7-foot wingspan, it is a powerful apex predator known for soaring majestically on broad wings.

Bicolored appearance featuring a clean white base and clean white lower half, transitioning to a warm, brownish-tan or light brown tip, indicating an adult body or wing feather with classic contrasting morphs

Tightly interlocked pennaceous structure on the upper vane with strong hooklets, becoming slightly more plumulaceous near the base of the calamus

Stiff, durable, smooth, and matte with high rigidity along the vane to withstand strong aerodynamic forces during flight

Large size, robust white shaft, clean white base transitioning into a warm brown tip, and sturdy pennaceous web structure characteristic of large accipitrids

Found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting, including lakes, rivers, coasts, and marshes

North America, ranging from Alaska and Canada through the contiguous United States down to northern Mexico

Apex avian predator playing a vital role in maintaining aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem health by removing sick or dead fish and mammals

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), whose feathers are typically darker brown throughout without the stark white base seen in adult Bald Eagle wing feathers

Bald Eagles build the largest tree nests recorded for any North American animal, some weighing over two tons and used for decades

Good condition with intact barbs, clean edges, and minimal wear or fraying along the vane