I am just sure I saw a bald eagle picking up a dead armadillo yesterday. It was a huge brown bird with a white tail and white head, yellow beak…looked just like a bald eagle. But I didn’t think they ventured this far south, so I thought I would check.
An African Fish-Eagle resembles a bald eagle.
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They are occasionally seen in Oklahoma in winter…see link. It’s more likely you saw a baldy than an African fish eagle!
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Oklahoma/eagle1.htm
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No other bird in usa resembles an adult bald eagle. an immature golden eagle I guess could be mistaken for a young baldy before it get the famous white head
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Oklahoma/eagle1.htm
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You absolutely do have bald eagles in Oklahoma. They appear on the official birding checklist for the state: http://www.okbirds.org/2006_obrc_ok_checklist.pdf
And here are some interesting articles about bald eagles in Oklahoma:
http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/returnof.htm
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/oklahoma/preserves/protectedbirds.html
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Oklahoma/eagle1.htm
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Bald (never could figure out why they call them bald) eagles have been present in Oklahoma for thousands of years.
Migration of the armadillo as far north as Oklahoma is a fairly recent event.
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Oklahoma/eagle1.htm
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