Bald Eagle

How to identify it

1. Adult: white head and tail, dark brown body, huge yellow bill
2. Immatures are mottled brown and white for four to five years
3. Soars on flat, plank-like wings

Voice

Weak chittering calls.

Listen to recordings on xeno-canto

Where to see it

• Chilkat River, Alaska (Nov)
• Mississippi River (winter)

Destination guides featuring this bird

United States Magee Marsh A lakeshore boardwalk famous for close-up warblers every May.

1. JJanuary: Poor or no data
2. FFebruary: Poor or no data
3. MMarch: Poor or no data
4. AApril: Good
5. MMay: Best
6. JJune: Poor or no data
7. JJuly: Poor or no data
8. AAugust: Poor or no data
9. SSeptember: Good
10. OOctober: Poor or no data
11. NNovember: Poor or no data
12. DDecember: Poor or no data

Similar species

Golden Eagle

brown head; immatures have white wing and tail patches

Range and habitat