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In the United States most eaglesare
found in Alaska, Florida, around the Great Lakes the Pacific Northwest,
Maine, Chesepeake Bay and a few other areas around the coast. Bald
eagles nestin the same
areaeach
year.
Southern eagles nest in Mexico, southern California,
Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and the southern Atlantic states.
There are three terms biologists
use to describe the area in wich a breeding pair of eagles lives: the "nets
site", wich refers to the nest itself. The "breeding territory" describes
the are around the nest. And the "home range" is the are surrounding
the breeding are within which the eagles travel, roost and search for food.
In a few areas nests were within 1,000 feet from each other. Today
eagles rarley nest this closley to each other.
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