Strange birds by the Da River lake are bald eagles

Concerning the fact that a family in Son La caught a giant bird by the Song Da lake, in the afternoon of February 3, Prof. Dr. Vo Quy said that this bird is a bald eagle.

>>>Son La: Detecting a strange bird by Song Da lake

Earlier on January 20, Mr. La Van Lien's family, 62 years old in Long Dan village (along Da river lake) in Chieng Bang commune, Quynh Nhai district, Son La province, caught this bird when flying from above. mountain down.

The bird has a weight of 7.5kg, a wingspan of 2.8 meters, a height of 0.5 meters, a bird body of 0.7 meters long. Every day the bird eats a pound of meat and vegetables.

It is known that strange birds appear, relatives in the drag to see every day a lot.

After watching the bird photos about this bird, Professor Vo Quy said, this is not a strange bird, but also a rare bird, called bald eagle, not vulture.

Two species of vultures and bald eagles are nearly the same, but vultures are slightly smaller, hairless heads, heads and beaks look slightly longer than bald eagles.

Vultures are occasionally encountered in southern Vietnam, in southern Vietnam, the vultures of India (Gyps indicus); In the Central Highlands, there are occasional encounters of other vultures, the Vampires (Gyps bengalensis).

The strange bird that people caught on the lake
Da is a bald eagle. ( Photo: Key To)

Quy said the bald eagle has a scientific name, Aegypius monachus , whose hair is not as hairy as other birds, but still has soft, fluffy hair covering the scalp.

Skinhead eagles live mainly in southern Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East, Iran to Mongolia, West China. Occasionally in winter, bald eagles migrate to the north of our country.

Skinhead eagles and vultures are carnivorous (usually corpses of large animals), without capturing live prey like other carnivorous birds like hawks, cut, eagles .

When migrating to our country, bald eagles often do not find enough food, are hungry, fall to the ground, cannot fly, so they are easily captured.