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The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey that originated in North America, and is most recognizable as the national bird of the United States. Though almost coming to extinction they population has now become stable. Most of the population is located in Alaska, which contains 100,000 eagles. They can reach up too 7 feet including wingspan, they can weigh up to 9 pounds. They normally eat carrion, fish, smaller birds, rodents, and sometimes scavenged food.
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The blue jay is a North American bird, that is predominantly blue, it also has a pronounced crest on its head. It looks for food on the ground and in the tree and eats acorns and beech mast, weed seeds, grain, fruits and other berries, peanuts, bread, meat, eggs and nestlings, small invertebrates of many types, scraps in town parks and bird-table food. The bird is actually pretty aggressive around people and is protective over its nests.
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The hummingbirds are small birds that are distinguished by their ability to hover in mid air by flapping their wings, at 15 to 18 times a second which makes a humming noise. They are also the only birds that can fly backwards. They feed on the nectar of flowers, but they do take insects to mostly feed there young. They eat up to there own weight in food and cross 500 miles nonstop. This is really amazing considering the size of the bird.
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The turkey is by far the largest birds in the open forests in which they live, and are rarely mistaken for any other species. The males are normally call toms and the females hens. Turkeys are often hunted for that special Thanksgiving Day.
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There are 17 to 19 know species of penguin known worldwide. Although penguins species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not, contrary to popular belief, found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin actually live so far south. Three species live in the tropics, one lives as far north as the Galapagos Islands. The largest of the penguin species are the Emperor penguin which is the penguin we have at the ….zoo. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and other forms of sea life caught while swimming under water.
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