bald eagle

noun

: an eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of North America that is brown when young with white only on the undersides of the wings but in full adult plumage has white head and neck feathers and a white tail

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Coeur d'Alene also receives the occasional special visitors, as migrating bald eagles soar into town every November and stay through February. —

Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 8 Oct. 2024 The refuge’s dunes and salt marshes are a birder’s paradise with species like bald eagles, terns, songbirds, and various waterfowl migrating in and out throughout the year. —

Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024 Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco: More than 260 species have been observed in the area, including bald eagles, Baltimore orioles and barn owls. —

Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024 Apologies to moose, but no animal is more synonymous with national parks than our national bird, the bald eagle. —

Drew Goins, Washington Post, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for bald eagle