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In 1827, naturalist John Audubon announced a massive discovery: the largest North American eagle. But did the Washington sea eagle exist?
A pair of nesting bald eagles and often colorful, transient, wintering waterfowl are two of winter's best attractions on the 218-acre Burke Lake, at Burke Lake Park in Fairfax Station.
A new chapter took flight over Big Bear Valley Monday morning as Sunny, one of the two surviving bald eagle chicks hatched by Jackie and Shadow this spring, officially fledged, soaring away from ...
By Jim Wiegand, wildlife biologist. April 17, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) -- The controversy surrounding wind farms in America has been brewing for over 25 years.
Bald Eagle. Photo by Mathew Schwartz, via Unsplash. The bald eagle, America’s majestic symbol, faced a severe decline in the mid-20th century due to habitat destruction and the widespread use of DDT, ...
The corpse of the juvenile bald eagle, which was poisoned with an insecticide by hunter William Smith. U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia. 4.
An assessment found that the juvenile bald eagle was also suffering from lead poisoning. Bald eagles may be America’s mascot, but they’re not the majestic predators people like to imagine.
William Custis Smith was sentenced to one day in prison and received a $9,800 fine for killing 20 “juvenile” red-shouldered hawks and bald eagles in 2023, which he claimed were “encroaching ...