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There are a couple of points to make about this passage:

#This passage is not talking about the North American bald eagle. This is referring to a bird with no feathers on its head.

#The Hebrew word נֶשֶׁר (nesher) can refer to an eagle or a vulture.

#The griffon vulture is native to Israel and has very short feathers on its head, looking like its head has been shaved bald.

As a result, the proper translation should be "vulture" and not "eagle." This is how Micah 1:16 is translated in the NIV:

:''Shave your head in mourning for the children in whom you delight; make yourself as bald as the vulture, for they will go from you into exile.<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Mic 1:16.</ref>