# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Co-fBF7PJsN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21022481-nationalparkservice-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/99ad23e5cc.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-02-22T19:37:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

Weather Report: Wimdy

You are the wind beneath my wings…literally. Bald eagles are large birds with a wing span of 5 to 8 feet long and a body that ranges from 2 feet to just over 3 feet long. The females are larger than the males and weigh around 13 pounds, while the males weigh around 9 pounds. They like to live near large bodies of open water like lakes and oceans and in areas that have a good supply of food to eat and trees to make nests. Fun fact, they aren’t really bald. Their name comes from the Old English word “balde”, which means white-headed. It refers to the colors of the feathers on an eagle’s head, not the fact that it’s hairless. 

Video:  An adult bald eagle scans its surroundings on Bodie Spit on a windy day at @capehatterasnps 

#baldeagle #wimdy #windy #eagles #capehatteras #northcarolina

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Park Service | @nationalparkservice | https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice | Government Organization |

## Tags

capehatteras, wimdy, baldeagle, windy, eagles, northcarolina

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