Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 17:29

This is Aja Curry. I will be a 4th grade student at J.C. Parks this year. I was wondering how big the eagles are in Unalaska? Are they aggressive? In one picture you took the eagle looked really mean.

Deanna Wheeler

Hi Aja-
Eagles are big birds. A female bald eagle's body length varies from 35 to 37 inches; with a wingspan of 79 to 90 inches. The smaller male bald eagle has a body length of 30 to 34 inches; with a wingspan ranging from 72 to 85 inches. An eagle's average weight is ten to fourteen pounds. I really do not think that they are aggressive to humans except during nesting periods as they are protecting their young.
Great questions-- Keep asking!
Ms. Wheeler