Catch Of The Day

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Catch Of The Day

Artist

Joy McAdams

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Photograph - Photograph

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A bald eagle ((Haliaeetus leucocephalus) with a freshly caught fish in it's talons, prepares to land. This image, taken at Kootenay Lake, B.C., Canada, was taken on a day with a fine snow falling and the sun peeking through clouds, causing the waters beind the eagle to shimmer with light. A magical combination!

The Bald Eagle 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.[2] 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 the word, "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.

The bald eagle is both the national bird and national animal of the United States of America. The bald eagle appears on its seal. In the late 20th century it was on the brink of extirpation in the contiguous United States. Populations have since recovered and the species was removed from the U.S. government's list of endangered species on July 12, 1995 and transferred to the list of threatened species. It was removed from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in the Lower 48 States on June 28, 2007.

This image has been featured in the following FAA groups:
Wild Birds of the World 2/27/2017
Nikon Full Frame Cameras 2/27/2017
Pure Nature Photography 2/27/2017
Poetic Poultry 2/28/2017
Images That Excite You 2/28/2017
Faa Canadian Wildlife Photographers 3/01/2017
Your Very Best Photography 3/02/2017
The Nature Of Canada 3/04/2016
New Faa Uploads Limit One Per Day 3/06/2017

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February 27th, 2017

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