Golden eagles get their name from the soft golden feathers on the back of their head and neck. Most of their body is dark brown. Up close, the eyes are amazing - they can spot a rabbit moving in the grass from a kilometre away. That is the length of about ten football pitches.
They are brilliant gliders. Like the Andean condor, they ride on warm air rising up the mountainsides, circling higher and higher without flapping. You can sometimes spot one in the Albanian Alps just by looking up at a tiny black dot turning slowly against a blue sky.
A pair of golden eagles stays together for life. They build a giant nest, called an eyrie, on a high cliff or in a tall tree, and use the same nest year after year - adding more sticks each spring until it can be the size of a small car. One or two chicks hatch each summer.
The double-headed eagle on the Albanian flag is much older than the country we know today. It has been a symbol of the region for over 600 years. The two heads look in two directions, which some people say means 'looking after east and west, north and south'. Either way, every Albanian child grows up knowing it instantly.