The eagle has keen vision and appetite. It will travel a great distance to secure food.

Like eagles, faithful Christians have the ability to see or discern spiritual food afar off and travel great distances to secure it. Christians gather together to study the truth, as eagles are drawn to their food. Not one saint in all the world shall fail to come into contact with present truth.

Eagle Facts

An eagle soars on widespread wings watching for its prey from 1,000 feet in the air. From there, pressing its wings against its sides, it power dives upon its victim. Eagles can fly as fast as 80 mph!

The eagles sharp eyesight is due to the reflection of an object on cone-shaped cells. The tiny spot in back of the eyeball absorbs light rays from the object through thousands of sharp focusing cones. Most animals, including humans, have a single spot of cones. As the eagle zooms down in a long slanting dive, the target is held in constant clear focus. Eagles also have better depth perception than other birds, with their left and right fields of vision overlapping through an arc of about thirty-five to fifty degrees in front of the face.

In the Chilkat Valley of Alaska, over 3,000 Bald Eagles congregate each fall to feed on the spawning chum salmon. Some traditional wintertime roosts accommodate up to 400 eagles per night. Eagles will fly long distances just to join the group. These gatherings appear to facilitate "information sharing."

An adult eagle measures about 3' in length with a total wingspan up to 7.5'. The eagles nest or aerie may be in a high tree or on the crag of a cliff. The nest may grow to as much as 6.5' high and weigh as much as a ton! One nest measured over 8' across and 12' high and weighted about two tons! Some eagles in captivity have been known to reach an age of 50 years. The name Aquila [Acts 18:2] is Latin for eagle.