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The nest is ua-jally a wonderfully strong, substantial structure 

 wherever they "build it, and it is quite sizable. About five feet across, 

 and na^bc six feet deep, and so strong- that a raan can \7al>: on it without 

 breakin;^ through. Sticks tu'o or three inches thick are used, S-ach a huge 

 nest high in the top of tho tallest pine may often be soon for r.iilos, 



3oth parent birds take shifts in hatching the eggs and taiciiig care 

 of the yo-ong. There y.ere eq-aal rights in the eagle's aerie long before the 

 19 th Amendraent . 



Ihe families in those s^cy-scraper apartments are usually small. 

 There are generally two, sometimes three, eggs. The eaglets stay in the 

 nest for three or four months after they are hatched, ^len young they don't 

 have those v/hite feathers on the head which give that bald appearance. The 

 older birds are the bald ones. 



Old 3aldy, or Old Glory, or whatever you call this typical Merican, 

 has no competitor in the air and no enemies, except man, 



AMOmiCZlIEiTT: Our Wildsman has just been telling us about the Ainerican Bald 

 Eagle in his native haunts. This is one of our bi-weckly series with Uncle 



Sam's IJaturalisttj, This feature is presented by Station in cooperation 



with the United States Department of " Agriculture. 



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