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I Can’t Sleep

Bald Eagle

I Can’t Sleep

Benjamin Boster & Glassbox Media

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the I Can't Sleep Podcast, fall asleep learning about bald eagles. These regal and majestic birds look beautiful perched on a tree or soaring in the sky, but learning all the things I did about these birds taught me one thing: this stuff is just not that interesting. Happy sleeping! Ad-Free Episodes Want an ad-free experience? Follow this link to support the podcast and get episodes with no ads: https://icantsleep.supportingcast.fm/ ProLon Go to ProlonLife.com/ICANTSLEEP for 10% off the 5-day nutrition program. Factor Head to FACTORMEALS.com/icantsleep50 and use code icantsleep50 to get 50% off. DoorDash Get 50% off up to $20 and zero delivery fees on your first order when you download the DoorDash app and enter code ICANTSLEEP. BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/icantsleep today to get 10% off your first month HelloFresh Go to HelloFresh.com/50icantsleep and use code 50icantsleep for 50% off plus 15% off the next 2 months. Jupiter CBD Oil Save 20% off your first purchase by entering GETSLEEP upon checkout, or click here: https://www.getjupiter.com/share/icantsleep SleepPhones Follow this affiliate link to purchase headphones you can fall asleep with: https://www.sleepphones.com/?aff=793 then enter the code ICANTSLEEP10 at checkout to receive a discount. This content is derived from the Wikipedia article Bald Eagle, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. The article can be accessed at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to a glass box media podcast.

0:07.0

Welcome to the I Can't Sleep Podcast where I read random articles from across the web to bore you to sleep with my soothing voice.

0:18.0

I'm your host Benjamin Foster.

0:21.0

Today's episode is from a Wikipedia article titled Bald Eagle.

0:27.0

The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America.

0:32.0

A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies and forms a species pair with the

0:38.5

white-tailed eagle, which occupies the same niche as the bald eagle in the paleoartic.

0:45.5

Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States and Northern Mexico.

0:55.9

It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting. The Bald Eagle is an opportunistic feeder which subsists mainly on fish, which

1:07.5

it swoops down upon and snatches from the water with its talons. It builds the largest nest of any North American bird and the largest tree nests

1:17.0

ever recorded for an animal species up to four meters deep, 2.5 meters wide and 1 metric ton and weight. Sexual maturity is attained at the

1:28.7

age of 4 to 5 years. Bald eagles are not bald, the name derives from an older meaning of the word, white-headed.

1:38.0

The adult is mainly brown with a white head and tail.

1:42.0

The sexes are identical in plumage, but females are about 25% larger than males.

1:48.0

The yellow beak is large and hooked. The plumage of the immature is brown.

1:55.4

The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States of America and appears on its

2:00.0

seal.

2:01.8

In the late 20th century it was on the brink of extirpation in the contiguous United States.

2:07.0

Populations have since recovered and the species status was upgraded from endangered to threatened in 1995. The bald eagle eagle is

2:12.8

endangered to threatened in 1995 and removed from the list altogether in 2007.

2:18.8

The bald eagle is placed in the genus Helietus, sea eagles, and gets both its common and specific scientific names from the distinctive appearance of the adult's head.

2:37.0

Bald in the English language is from an older usage, meaning having white on the face or head, rather than hairless,

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