FEATHERY FRIDAY # 20

FEATHERY FRIDAY# 20

Happy Feathery Friday! We had a great day yesterday celebrating National Bird Day! We found a large bird of prey for today’s animal! They’re beautiful and they love to eat SNAKES! Are you to meet this majestic bird? Let’s do this!

MEET THE BLACK BREASTED SNAKE EAGLE!

Range/Habitat: East-Southern Africa/desert-grasslands

Diet: Carnivore: snakes, lizards, fish

Length/Weight: 26”/ 2 ¼-5 ½ lb

Conservation Status: Common

Fun Facts:

• Black breasted snake eagles are large birds of prey.
• They have special scales on their legs and feet to protect them from snake bites.
• Black breasted snake eagles avoid venomous snakes.
• They have large yellow eyes.
• Both parents take care of the chicks.

Black breasted snake eagles are pretty birds and they sure have interesting taste in food. Can anyone say BBQ snake? Just kidding J!