How do baby bald eagles learn to fly?

Ever wonder how a fluffy baby bald eagle grows into the majestic bald eagles that soar through the sky!? Or why bald eagles build giant nests that can weigh as a pickup truck!?

We're continuing the Wild Critters series to learn all about bald eagles with eagle biologist Ulgonda Dunlevy from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service! Along the way, learn why bald eagles almost disappeared in the 1960s, and how people worked together to help their population recover!

➡️ Part of the Wild Critters series, created with PBS Nature and the National Wildlife Federation 

➡️ Learn more about endangered species with Ranger Rick Magazine: https://rangerrick.org/ 

➡️ Learn more about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: https://www.fws.gov/ 

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Orbit Family Conversation Starters!

1. Why do you think bald eagles are used as a symbol for the whole United States?
2. What do you think it would feel like to be a fledgling learning to fly for the very first time?
3. Why do you think it's important for people to help protect animals like the bald eagle?

Continue learning as a family!

1. See how many details you can spot on something four feet away versus twenty feet away, like an eagle would!
2. Look at a map and find Alaska, then talk about how it's different from where you live!
3. Read more about endangered species and see if you can learn about an endangered species that lives close to your family! 

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