Why eagle shed feathers?

Answer 1

Some young eagles shed their downy feathers early and wear the dress of grown-up birds. Others keep some or all of their baby feathers five or six years. And there are some very old eagles still wearing some of the downy feathers of their first dresses.

Answer 2

No, they do not. This is a strange 'old wives tale'. Not sure where it originated but it is similar to the Phoenix myth where there is a 'rebirth'. Eagles are just regular animals and could no more survive losing their beaks, their only way to feed, than they could survive loosing their wings.

Answer 3

No they don't. Beaks don't come off/molt, if they did the bird would die.

Answer 4

yes eagles lose their feathers occasionally.

Answer 5

yes they molt their feathers

Answer 6

Yes