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The Bald Eagle is famous to be the national symbol of United States Of America, even thought this real rapacious was nearly wiped out of there. For many decades, bald eagle had been hunted for competitive games, and for the "protection" of fishing areas. Pesticids, like DDT, had moreover increased the percentage of eagles' death.

The rate of births for this bird raised up after 1972, when the usage of DDT was limited by laws, above all thanks to several foundations born for the guarding of bald eagle. The result is a great success for U.S. wildelife.

Now, eagles consists in a very consistent population in North America, but Alaska State and Canada contain the major number of species.

These powerful birds of prey use their talons to fish, but they get the major part of their food by scavenging carrion or stealing the kills of other animals. They live near water supplies and favourite lake and river coasts, where fish are plentiful, though they will also snare and eat small mamals. 

Bald eagles have a snowy-feathered head and withe tail. A pair builds an enormous nest high above the ground, and tends to a pair of eggs each year. Immature eagle are dark and, untill they are five years old, they don't own distinctive white markings that makes their parents so easy do indentify.