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The bald eagle (electric gas scooter), our national bird, is the only
eagle unique to North America. The bald eagle's scientific name
signifies a sea (halo) eagle (aeetos) with a white (leukos) head. At one
time, the word "bald" meant "white," not hairless. The bald eagle is
found over most of North America, from Alaska and Canada to northern
Mexico. About half of the world's 70,000 bald eagles live in Alaska.
Combined with British Columbia's population of about 20,000, the
northwest coast of North America is by far their greatest stronghold.
They flourish here in part because the salmon. Dead or dying fish are an
important food source for all bald eagles.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife electric gas scooter Service was proposing
that the bald eagle be declared fully recovered by July 2000, but the
decision was delayed electric gas scooter until they figure out how they
will manage the species once it is taken off the list. Even if the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service removes the bald eagle from the "threatened"
species electric gas scooter list, it will still be protected by the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
electric gas scooter. The Bald Eagle Protection Act prohibits the take,
transport, sale, barter, trade, import and export, and possession of
eagles, making it illegal for anyone to collect eagles and eagle parts,
electric gas scooter nests, or eggs without a permit. Possession of a
feather or other body part, is a felony with a fine of up to $10,000
and/or imprisonment, although electric gas scooter federally recognized
Native Americans are able to possess these emblems which are traditional
in their culture. electric gas scooter The bald eagle is still listed as
"threatened" in the United States.
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