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America's Bald Eagles

a species:
a variety of creature or plant  - isolated: distant, inaccessible - bird of prey: bird that eats small animals -  wingspan: width across the wings - unique to: found nowhere else but in - contiguous USA: continental USA excluding Alaska - 40th parallel: the Canadian border (in the west) - crops: plants cultivated as food - shell: hard outer casing - incubation: period when the mother bird sits on her eggs - hatch: produce a baby bird - to breed: to produce young - clutch: group - theft: stealing, taking - ruthless: without compassion, determined - got off:  escaped - knowingly: intentionally -