The Eagles Are Coming!

Yesterday while we were in town, we saw an eagle flying over us. A couple days before, we saw an eagle soaring over our field. Every time I see an eagle, I get very excited, because it’s not every day you see one.

There are sixty different species, or types of eagles. Only two kinds of eagles live in the United States, the bald eagle and the golden eagle. The ones we see here on Providence Prairie are bald eagles. Eagles are split into four groups: snake eagles, booted eagles, fish eagles, and giant forest eagles. I think it’s amazing that there are different kinds of eagles, because we only see one type around here. Did you know the word eagle comes from a Latin word aquila; the name given to the golden eagles by the Romans?

Eagles are the largest and the most powerful birds of prey. They eat snakes, rabbits, fish, mice, and can even eat other birds! Certain eagles can even catch monkeys! They have huge talons, to help them catch their food. Eagles are my favorite bird of prey.

An eagle makes its nest at the top of trees, and sometimes on the edges of cliffs. They build them out of sticks.  About three weeks ago, while we were taking a drive, we saw an eagle nest! It was up at the very top of a tree and was enormous.

Dad and Mom said that when they first moved here to Providence Prairie, they saw hardly any eagles. It reminded me of the Lord of the Rings. Every time the eagles came, it meant something good was going to happen. I wonder what favorable thing will happen here next.

~Jonah