They will prey upon animals like rabbit hare partridge pheasant and in the warmer climate reptiles, and will feed on carcasses like sheep and deer.

Golden eagles in time will build a selection of nests then carry on using these nests making the nest larger and larger each time it is used, some have been recorded at being 5m tall and 1.5 m in diameter. They will build the nest so that at the warmest part of the day the nest is not in direct sun light as to not over heat the nest and most of the time they will use a cliff to build a nest rather than a tree and on occasion a man made structure.

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Dean Thomas