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Mature Bald Eagle - "Rebekah" Rebekah is one of our residents here at the resort. She's sitting here just scoping out the fish, and Steve, as he sat in the boat to take this picture.
The male eagle is smaller than the female. Males weigh about 10 lbs. and the female can weigh up to 14 lbs. The smaller males are slightly quicker and more agile, giving them an advantage in catching prey.
The females, being larger, are better able to incubate the eggs and brood the young chicks, using her larger body to shelter her offspring.
The male's wingspan is a little more than 6 feet from wing tip to wing tip, the female's is between 6.5 and 7 feet.
Steven S. Raines, (c) 2002
Steven S. Raines, (c) 2002
Are YOU talkin' to ME??? Rebekah is seen here talking to someone overhead... This is just before she took off...
Isaac & Rebekah have been spending quite a bit of time rebuilding their nest. (Of course, I haven't seen anything wrong with it, but they are really into remodeling.) They have been gathering moss from the river bottom and sticks. They have some interesting ideas on stick gathering, I might add. At first I couldn't figure out what they were doing, and finally my husband did. They fly at a branch they want to take to the nest. I'm talking a branch on a tree, now - NOT a broken branch on the ground. They fly right at it, and grab it with their talons, trying to break it off with their weight. If it breaks, they take it on back to the nest. If it doesn't break, they fly off and try again. A couple of times I've seen them both about knock themselves out trying this maneuver. Sometimes, as they grab the branch, it doesn't break, and they swing forward, often almost completely upside down. Of course, they immediately start flapping their wings to right themselves, but it's still hilarious! |
