What role do bald eagles play in their environments?

Their Food Web. Picture. In a bald eagles food web the main producers are aquatic plants, and different varieties of grass. Aquatic plants are then eaten by small fish. The grass is eaten by insects ... Bald eagles often steal food from other bald eagles and will even eat a dead animal it finds one. read more

Bald Eagles are both apex predators (predators at the “top” of the food chain, having no other animals that prey on them) and scavengers, eating dead fish that they pick up along the shore. read more

The bald eagle does an important job that keeps the food chain intact. It protects overpopulation in ponds and river areas. If bald eagles die out, then the mice, rabbits, fish, and other things that the bald eagle eats will become overpopulated. read more

The role of the Bald Eagle within aquatic ecosystems is now believed to be more complex than ever. A study conducted on Blue Heron populations and Bald Eagle proximity revealed that although Bald Eagles are often predators of Blue Herons, Blue Herons often chose to reside near Bald Eagles because of the protection offered from other eagles (Jones, I., 2013). read more