2) Strong topic and concluding sentences. Your topic sentences should: 1) state the main idea of the paragraph AND function as a mini-thesis. 2) connect the new paragraph to the previous one (transitioning is usually a matter of using one word-- however, similarly, furthermore--or a short phrase--in contrast to). Your concluding sentences should: 1) offer a summary of the paragraph (its meaning; your point).
The camera at the bald-eagle nest near Codorus State Park at Hanover has begun livestreaming its fourth season of round-the-clock video to viewers worldwide. The video is available through the website of the Pennsylvania Game Commission, which partners in the project with HDOnTap, Comcast Business and Codorus State Park.
In Pennsylvania, the bald eagle is given additional protections under the state Game and Wildlife Code. Adult bald eagles are 30 to 40 inches in length and weigh 8 to 14 pounds. Their wingspans are 6 to 8 feet, and they stand about 2 feet tall. As with other birds of prey, the female is larger than the male. Bald eagles fly with strong, deep strokes, or soar on flattened wings. Their eyesight is among the keenest in the animal world, five or six times sharper than a human's. A bald eagle's call is a rapid, harsh cackle, kweek-kik-ik-ik-ik-ik, or a lower kak-kokkak. Fish, either caught live or scavenged as carrion, make up 60 to 90 percent of a bald eagle's diet. Bald eagles also eat birds, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Eagles soar above the water or sit on a perch, and when they spot a fish near the water's surface, they swoop down and snatch it in their talons.