Millerton Lake didn’t record its first pair of resident bald eagles until 2007, Smith says. He carries with him a laminated picture of the birds, which appeared in The Fresno Bee at the time.

The latest ice-out date for Bald Eagle Lake was May 2, 2018; for White Bear Lake, the latest ice-out was May 4 in 2018 and 1950. Meanwhile, the it’s important to remember lake ice can be dangerous.

It’s our national symbol. It’s freedom. It’s America.” According to Doug, there was another bald eagle circling above the lake. He suspects the two birds were fighting.

A web cam trained on a nest above Big Bear Lake zooms in, showing that two of the three eggs delivered by bald eagle Jackie have hatched on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

In 1962, the legislation was amended to include protection for the golden eagle, and the law became the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. After World War II, a new threat to the eagles emerged.

MERRIFIELD — During a nice summer day over Lower Mission Lake in 2024, an aerial battle of sorts took place in which a bald eagle was sent plummeting into the water after he and a group of ...

“For nearly 250 years, we called the bald eagle the national bird when it wasn’t,” said Jack Davis, co-chair of the National Bird Initiative for the National Eagle Center, in a news release.