Bald Eagle
In order to complete this challenge, you must have found 50 caches with the stand alone word "Eagle", "Eagles" or "Eagle's" in the Cache Title. For example, "Beagle" does NOT count. Previous and future finds that add to your "Caches Found" total and were listed on Geocaching.com count toward fulfillment of this challenge. When you have completed the challenge, please provide a list of your qualifying caches at the time you log this cache as a "Found it". You may post the list in your log, attach a screenshot of your list in your log, attach a bookmark list to the page, email me a list, send me a GPX file or use the Project-GC Challenge Checker for this challenge by clicking on the link below and including the output of the checker in your log. "Found it" logs without evidence of qualifying will be deleted. The posted coordinates will bring you to the cache. The posted difficulty is a reflection of the challenge itself. The actual hide is a 1.5/1.5. While you may sign the log at any time, you may not post a "Found it" log until you have fulfilled the requirements for this cache.
Please be careful on this road as it gets very busy at "rush hours". The shoulder is wide enough to get completely out of the road and across the white line.
Some Eagle Information:
The bald eagle, with its snowy-feathered (not bald) head and white tail, is the proud national bird symbol of the United States—yet the bird was nearly wiped out there. For many decades, bald eagles were hunted for sport and for the "protection" of fishing grounds. Pesticides like DDT also wreaked havoc on eagles and other birds. These chemicals collect in fish, which make up most of the eagle's diet. They weaken the bird's eggshells and severely limited their ability to reproduce. Since DDT use was heavily restricted in 1972, eagle numbers have rebounded significantly and have been aided by reintroduction programs. The result is a wildlife success story—the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has upgraded the birds from endangered to threatened. Though their numbers have grown in much of their range, bald eagles remain most abundant in Alaska and Canada. These powerful birds of prey use their talons to fish, but they get many of their meals by scavenging carrion or stealing the kills of other animals. (Such thievery famously prompted Ben Franklin to argue against the bird's nomination as the United State's national symbol.) They live near water and favor coasts and lakes where fish are plentiful, though they will also snare and eat small mammals. Bald eagles are believed to mate for life. A pair constructs an enormous stick nest—one of the bird-world's biggest—high above the ground and tends to a pair of eggs each year. Immature eagles are dark, and until they are about five years old, they lack the distinctive white markings that make their parents so easy to identify. Young eagles roam great distances. Florida birds have been spotted in Michigan, and California eagles have traveled all the way to Alaska.
Some Eagle Facts:
Average life span in the wild: Up to 28 years
Size: Body, 34 to 43 in (86 to 109 cm); Wingspan, 6 to 8 ft (1.8 to 2.4 m)
Weight:6.5 to 14 lbs (3 to 6.5 kg))
The largest bald eagle nest on record was 9.5 ft (3 m) wide and 20 ft (6 m) high. It weighed more than two tons
