The American National bird is the Bald Eagle. There are two species of Bald Eagles inhabiting the Southern and the Northern parts of the American continent. In appearance, the adult of the species have a 'blackish-brown back and breast; a white head, neck, and tail; and yellow feet and bill'. These majestic birds have long and broad wings which help them soar at great heights.
Edwin Way Teale has aptly escribed the bird in his 'Bird of Freedom' written for the Atlantic Monthly,1957, in which he has written -
"Above all other birds it is the soaring eagle, with its size and weight, that gives the most abiding impression of power and purpose in the air. It advances solidly like a great ship cleaving the swells and thrusting aside the smaller waves. It sails directly where lesser birds are rocked and tilted by the air currents."
This bird truly symbolises the free spirit of America as a nation and people who claim that they are born free. This mighty spirit of the bird has been celebrated in many poems.
