EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Bald eagles are well adapted to their lifestyle. They possess sharp, pointed beaks designed for ripping and tearing prey into bite-sized pieces. They have powerful legs and feet that are equipped with large talons used for killing their prey.

Detailed explanation-2: -Built to Hunt Bald eagles have excellent eyesight, large talons and a hooked beak. These adaptations aid eagles in finding, catching and eating their prey. An eagle’s excellent eyesight is used while hunting when soaring high above the ground or from perches overlooking the water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Like all birds of prey, eagles have very large hooked beaks for ripping flesh from their prey, strong, muscular legs, and powerful talons. The beak is typically heavier than that of most other birds of prey.

Detailed explanation-4: -Behavioral adaptation is the way a bird acts or behaves to stay alive. For example if the American Wigeon cannot find enough food, it will steal food right out of the bill of an American Coot, or a Snowy Egret will stand still in the water with its wings stretched out, because fish are attracted to the shade.