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A BALD EAGLE is silhouetted against the sky during a recent sunset in this image captured by Brunswick photographer Glenn Michaels. Bald eagles don’t become “bald” until they reach adulthood, according to Maine Inland Fish and Wildlife. It may take five years for an eagle to become mature enough so that the feathers on its head and tail to completely take on the distinctive white color. IFWL tells us that “(g)enerations of bald eagles will use the same nesting territory sequentially over decades. In fact, the same nest is often reused if its ever enlarging size does not harm the tree. A Sagadahoc County nest found in 1963 measured 20 feet vertically; biologists conservatively estimated it had been in use for at least 60 years.”
A BALD EAGLE is silhouetted against the sky during a recent sunset in this image captured by Brunswick photographer Glenn Michaels. Bald eagles don’t become “bald” until they reach adulthood, according to Maine Inland Fish and Wildlife. It may take five years for an eagle to become mature enough so that the feathers on its head and tail to completely take on the distinctive white color. IFWL tells us that “(g)enerations of bald eagles will use the same nesting territory sequentially over decades. In fact, the same nest is often reused if its ever enlarging size does not harm the tree. A Sagadahoc County nest found in 1963 measured 20 feet vertically; biologists conservatively estimated it had been in use for at least 60 years.”

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