Bald Eagles: Prey-Snatching Birds

Bald Eagles: Prey-Snatching Birds — page 1 — For Shaan who deserves every ounce of this dedication Copyright 2016 by Lerner Publishing Group Inc All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group Inc except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review Lerner Publications Company A division of Lerner Publishing Group Inc 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 USA For reading levels and more information look up this title at www lernerbooks com Photo Acknowledgments The images in this book are used with the permission of David Schultz Mint Images RF Getty Images p 1 Radius Images Getty Images p 4 Mark Miller Photolibrary Getty Images p 5 top Natan Dotan Moment Open Getty Images p 5 bottom Design Pics Thinkstock p 6 Zoonar P Jilek Collection Thinkstock p 7 Gary Samples Flickr RF Getty Images p 8 left David Tipling Alamy p 8 right S J Krasemann Photolibrary Getty Images p 9 left Enrique R Aguirre Aves Oxford Scientific RM Getty Images p 9 right Gerard Lacz Visuals Unlimited Getty Images p 10 iStockphoto com MoniqueRodriguez p 11 left Universal Images Group Editorial Getty Images p 11 right Laura Westlund Independent Picture Service p 12 Universal Education Universal Images Group Getty Images p 13 Jared Hobbs All Canada Photos Getty Images p 14 Emmanuel Rondeau Alamy p 15 top left Galen Rowell CORBIS p 15 top right Michael Sewell Photolibrary RM Getty Images p 15 bottom Brian E Kushner Flickr Open Getty Images p 16 Robert McLean Alamy p 17 left Paul Reeves Photography Thinkstock p 17 right Brian E Kushner Moment RF Getty Images p 18 Library of Congress LC-USZC4-7214 p 19 Monte Comeau Alamy p 20 Don Johnston_BI Alamy p 21 top Gabriel Grams Getty Images p 21 bottom John Cancalosi Alamy p 22 Erich Schlegel Corbis p 23 left Berquist Paul Joyce Animals Animals p 23 right Darren Gidney iStock Thinkstock p 24 Ron Niebrugge Alamy p 25 quentinjlang iStock Thinkstock p 26 Chris Gomersall Alamy p 27 Les Piccolo Flickr Open Getty Images p 28 iStockphoto com Charles Schug p 29 left Matthias Breiter National Geographic Creative Corbis p 29 right Front cover Jerryway Dreamstime com Back cover Tomtheodore Dreamstime com Main body text set in Calvert MT Std 12 18 Typeface provided by Monotype Typography Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data pages cm Comparing animal traits Waxman Laura Hamilton author Bald eagles prey-snatching birds Laura Hamilton Waxman Audience Ages 7 10 Audience K to grade 3 ISBN 978-1-4677-9630-9 eb pdf Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-4677-9507-4 lb alk paper ISBN 978-1-4677-9629-3 pb alk paper 1 Bald eagle Juvenile literature I Title QL696 F32W385 2016 598 9'43 dc23 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 BP 12 31 15 2015017440

Bald Eagles: Prey-Snatching Birds — page 2 — OF CONTENTS 4 ion Introduct TABLE MEET THE BALD EAGLE WHAT DO BALD EAGLES Chapter 1 LOOK LIKE WHERE DO BALD Chapter 2 EAGLES LIVE Chapter 3 BALD EAGLES THE LIFE CYCLE OF BALD EAGLES Chapter 4 IN ACTION 6 12 18 24 Chart t iography ion Bald Eagle Trai Glossary Selected Bibl Further Index Informat 30 31 32 32 32

Bald Eagles: Prey-Snatching Birds — page 3 — INTRODUCTION MEET THE BALD EAGLE A bald eagle perches on a tree branch overlooking a glassy lake With its razor-sharp eyes the eagle scans the water for fish to eat Bald eagles are birds a type of animal Other types of animals you may know include insects reptiles amphibians fish and mammals Bald eagles often perch on trees 4

Bald Eagles: Prey-Snatching Birds — page 4 — A bald eagle soars through the air All birds share certain traits Birds are vertebrates animals with backbones Birds are covered with feathers unlike other kinds of animals All birds have two wings and a beak Birds lay hard-shelled eggs Birds are also warm-blooded so they keep a steady body temperature The bald eagle shares these traits with other birds But some traits set it apart DID YOU KNOW There are more than SEVENTY kinds of eagles in the world Only two kinds live in the United States and Canada the bald eagle and the golden eagle 5

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