Bald eagle at Maryland's Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

A large bird with black-brown body, white head and hooked yellow beak flies inches above water with its wings open downward and its talons out

Bald eagle at Maryland's Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Bald eagle at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Image

Photo By/Credit

Larry Hitchens

Facility

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Wetland

Recreational Activity

Birding

Species

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Media Usage Rights/License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0

Subject tags

Birds

Raptors

Wildlife refuges

Wildlife viewing

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