bald eagle

The Chesapeake Bay is home to several of North America’s most familiar birds of prey, including the bald eagle, osprey, cooper’s hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, northern harrier (marsh hawk), red-tailed hawk, red-shouldered hawk, rough-legged hawk, American kestrel (sparrow hawk), peregrine falcon, merlin, great horned owl, and others.

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