Other sources include Preston’s book “American Eagle: A Visual History of our National Emblem,” the National Archives, and the winter 2024 issue of Audubon magazine (article by Jack E. Davis).

A bald eagle initially thought to be injured because it couldn’t fly was found to be healthy after wildlife officials determined the bird was just "too fat" after feasting on roadkill.

A bald eagle was flying close to a road in Maryland when it was hit by a car, deputies said. Mathew Schwartz via Unsplash When a driver in Maryland collided with a majestic animal, no one expected ...

Associated Press - February 3, 2025 A bald eagle named Freedom flies around its enclosure at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, N.J., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ...

Plus, we have several other species of hawks that can be seen in the area. A bald eagle flies over during a Bird Count 4 Kids day on Jan. 3, 2015, at Camp Chowenwaw in Green Cove Springs.

Challenger, a non-releasable bald eagle cared for by the American Eagle Foundation, comes in for a landing during the Teaming with Wildlife Coalition rally outside the Capitol on Feb. 28, 2007.

American bald eagles are having a moment, ecologically and culturally A bald eagle named Freedom perches on a branch at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, N.J., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

The bald eagle had been on the nation’s Great Seal since the Revolutionary War and upheld as a proud emblem of the nation, but it was never codified in law as the official bird.

WEST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue ...

America's national bird, the bald eagle, is having a moment. The eagles find themselves in a sort of environmental updraft since the early 2000s, when the federal government took the thriving ...