Amazing Pics: A 13-year-old eagle huntress in Mongolia

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33. She is using a Golden Eagle, not a Bald Eagle.

Golden Eagles operate from Florida to Spain, via Alaska and Siberia:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Eagle

Bald Eagles are about the same size, but restricted to North America:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Eagle

The Bald Eagle is mostly a fish eater, but will eat mammals and ther birds.

Both Eagles are members of the Accipitridae Family of Birds:'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accipitridae

While the Bald Eagle is just in North America, its close cousin, The White Tail Eagle operates in the same niche in Eurasia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_Eagle



As a rule the Golden Eagle is the better hunter of land creatures, the Bald Eagle and it Eurasian cousin the White tail Eagle, do better at fishing and have more efficient digestive systems (thus can live in areas that can NOT support a Golden Eagle).