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Image Info Original File Name: Golden_Eagle_on_Seedskadee_NWR_(23661983405) - golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos).jpg Resolution: 2480x1827 File Size: 2785472 Bytes Date: 2015:12:06 17:09:13 Camera: NIKON D300 (NIKON CORPORATION) F number: f/7.1 Exposure: 10/25000 sec Focal Length: 5000/10 Upload Time: 2017:03:12 13:47:51
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golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

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I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing!
This golden eagle was spotted flying past refuge headquarters. You can see the large bulge in its crop below its neck. The crop is used to store freshly eaten prey, and slowly move it into its stomach for digestion. Eagles can eat up to 1/3 of their own body weight in food at one time. The average eagle needs between ½ and 1 pound of food each day. Because food sources may not be available daily, an eagle can gorge on food when it is available. Some sources say they can hold 2 pounds or more of food in their crop.
Not shure what it ate, but my guess is a white-tailed jackrabbit. They may just eat the flesh, but they can also eat the bones on smaller prey. The bones provide important nutrients. The acids in the eagle’s digestive system are strong enough to dissolve bones, which are completely digested, unlike owls which often regurgitate a "pellet" made up of undigested bones and fur.
http://www.nationaleaglecenter.org/eagle-diet-feeding/
Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS
Date 6 December 2015, 17:09
Source Golden Eagle on Seedskadee NWR
Author USFWS Mountain-Prairie https://www.flickr.com/people/51986662@N05
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_Eagle_on_Seedskadee_NWR_(23661983405).jpg

The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Despite being extirpated from or uncommon in some of its former range, the species is still fairly ubiquitous, being present in sizeable stretches of Eurasia, North America, and parts of North Africa.
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Buteoninae
Genus: Aquila
Species: Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms: Falco chrysaëtos Linnaeus, 1758

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Scientific Name: Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names: Golden Eagle
French: Aigle royal German: Steinadler Spanish: Águila real
Taxonomy: Falco Chrysaëtos Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
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