Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) named America - Dollywood USA - American Eagle Foundation

This beautiful male Eagle is named America and is part of the American Eagle Foundation at Dollywood USA in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. America was wild-hatched in 1988 in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. As part of a reintroduction program, he was removed from his nest at eight weeks of age, placed in a hacking tower in Tennessee, and released into the wild. Soon after his release, he was found shot in his left wing. After healing from his wounds in rehabilitation, he was once again released into the wild at Reelfoot Lake. America crossed the Mississippi River into Missouri and remained close to a farm for days. The owner of the farm observed that America was not catching any food, because he could not fly well enough, even after rehabilitation. He was recaptured & placed in the care of the American Eagle Foundation.

Today, the American Eagle Foundation and Dollywood operate the Eagle Mountain Sanctuary, which is the largest exhibit of non-releasable Bald Eagles in the United States, and the Wings of America Birds of Prey show, (of which America is a part of the show and where this photograph was taken), where people can see various birds of prey up close and in action.

For more information about the American Eagle Foundation and America, check out their website here:
www.eagles.org/dollywood/

Cool Bald Eagle Facts
‧ Rather than do their own fishing, Bald Eagles often go after other creatures’ catches. A Bald Eagle will harass a hunting Osprey until the smaller raptor drops its prey in midair, where the eagle swoops it up. A Bald Eagle may even snatch a fish directly out of an Osprey’s talons. Fishing mammals (even people sometimes) can also lose prey to Bald Eagle piracy.
‧ Had Benjamin Franklin prevailed, the U.S. emblem might have been the Wild Turkey.
‧ Sometimes even the national bird has to cut loose. Bald Eagles have been known to play with plastic bottles and other objects pressed into service as toys. One observer witnessed six Bald Eagles passing sticks to each other in midair.
‧ The largest Bald Eagle nest on record, in St. Petersburg, Florida, was just over 9.5 feet diameter and just over 20 feet tall. Another famous nest—in Vermilion, Ohio—was shaped like a wine glass and weighed almost two metric tons. It was used for 34 years until the tree blew down.
‧ Immature Bald Eagles spend the first four years of their lives in nomadic exploration of vast territories and can fly hundreds of miles per day. Some young birds from Florida have wandered north as far as Michigan, and birds from California have reached Alaska.
‧ Bald Eagles occasionally hunt cooperatively, with one individual flushing prey towards another.
‧ Bald Eagles can live a long time. The oldest recorded bird in the wild was at least 38 years old when it was hit and killed by a car in New York in 2015. It had been banded in the same state in 1977.

-- Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff) --
Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 2000
Aperture – f/5.6
Exposure – 1/60 second
Focal Length – 300mm

The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.

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Taken in: United States / Tennessee / Sevier (show map)

Taken on: September 6, 2021

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/5.6, 1/60 sec, 300mm (=450mm), ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Lens:	18.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	300mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm)
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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