Eagle Facts

In a letter to his daughter in 1784, Benjamin Franklin criticized the Bald Eagle as a bird of 'bad moral character' and wrote that the Wild Turkey was 'a much more respectable Bird.' While he never actually proposed the turkey as the national symbol, his colorful comparison has fueled a popular myth ever since.

During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles.

Eagles can attack, kill, and carry away young deer fawns, with the heaviest documented load being a 15-pound mule deer fawn carried by a bald eagle.