Cayuga is a male bald eagle that came to us in 2021 from Cornell university wildlife health clinic in Ithaca New York. He has been under human care since 2015 due to a gunshot wound that resulted in the partial amputation of his left wing.
Bald eagles don’t get their white head and tail until they are around 5 years old, so immature bald eagles are all brown. They can weigh anywhere from 6-14lbs with females being larger than males and their wingspan can be up to 8ft! they are opportunistic hunters will eat something that’s already dead before trying to hunt mainly eat fish, small mammals, birds and dead carcass such as deer. Cayuga eats around 300 grams daily of fish/rabbit/chicken.
Construction on the Eagle Exhibit at the Menominee Park Zoo commenced in the fall of 2019 and was completed during spring 2021. This year-round exhibit will house our non-releasable Bald Eagles. The exhibit is nestled between the wolf and elk exhibits on the eastern side of the zoo. A wing size display on the overlook between the wolf and elk exhibit was created and installed by an Eagle Scout in anticipation of the exhibit.
Did You Know?
Eagles have large, hooked beaks and powerful talons which help them catch prey.
