On April 23, Minnesota DNR received an anonymous tip about two dead bald eagles in a rural area near the Blackduck River in northwestern Minnesota.
The number of American bald eagles has quadrupled since 2009, with more than 300,000 of them now residing in lower 48.
These collective volunteer efforts greatly helped the Wisconsin DNR’s bald eagle monitoring and protection efforts in 2020 and are expected to do so again as bald eagles soon begin nesting in southern Wisconsin.
State regulators say it’s one of the longest running surveys of its kind in the country.
The eagle launched an aerial assault on a drone operated by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy – known as EGLE – ripping off a propeller and sending the aircraft into the lake.
Shows the leading causes of death for the iconic national bird are being hit by cars and lead poisoning.
Adult bird flew up into a tree afterwards and presumably survived.
Numbers increase across a majority of the state.
Find some open water along the Mississippi River drainage from the Twin Cities on south, and you’ll often see adult bald eagles.
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region)MANISTEE, Mich. — Michigan officials say a bald eagle was euthanized after being shot by hunters in Manistee County who said they mistook it for a goose. The DNR says local fishing guides saw the shooting Saturday in a wooded area on the Manistee River and called the agency’s poaching hotline. The 2-year-old female…
Pennsylvania Game Commission asks for public’s help to keep up with burgeoning numbers.
State and federal reports say predation of livestock by eagles is rare on the North Coast. Many people don’t report it or are not sure it’s a bald eagle that did the killing.
They remain the first-ever documented nesting pair in the county in modern times.
Nesting season for the big raptors getting underway.
As territories shrink, some fight to the death, while others are working together.
Nesting surveys conducted last year by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources revealed a record number of nesting birds, with 1,695 nests occupied by breeding adults.
(Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife)AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine’s bald eagle population continues to soar, increasing by 101 nesting pairs to a total of 733, an increase of 16 percent since the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife conducted the last bald eagle survey five years ago in 2013. Maine’s bald eagle population continues to grow in numbers across the…
(Windigo Images)SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) _ Wildlife officials say Chatham County is No. 1 in the state again for the number of bald eagle nests found countywide, with a tally of 27 nests this year. That’s up from 22 last year, also a state high. The Savannah Morning News reports that the next closest county surveyed was McIntosh, with 13 nests….
Some defenders of another beloved Maine bird, the common loon, have expressed concern that more eagles could be bad for loons, but that is unlikely, wildlife biologist says.
Thanks in part to this long-lasting winter and cold temps, there may not be any eaglets in the nest at all this year.
A screenshot Tuesday afternoon, March 27 from the eagle nest in D.C. (Image courtesy 2018 American Eagle Foundation, eagles.org)The bald eagle couple dubbed Mr. President and First Lady laid their first egg of 2018 on Sunday in Washington, D.C., according to eagle camera footage. They are the first eagles to nest in the District of Columbia in 71 years. Their…
Eagle releases highlight rehabilitators’ mission.
(Image courtesy of Pennsylvania Game Commission)Two bald eagles in York County, Pa., rose to social media fame four years ago after being featured on the state online eagle feed. Liberty and Freedom, as they were named by fans, quickly attracted a devoted following among wildlife lovers, who have watched, transfixed, as the eagle cam turned into a soap opera this…
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo)CLEVELAND — Naturalists say bald eagles are nesting in Cleveland for the first time in more than 100 years. The Plain Dealer reports a historical interpreter for the Cleveland Metroparks spotted a pair of eagles last year carrying sticks into a tree on a bluff overlooking the Cuyahoga River. The interpreter, Karen Lakus, and others…
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — Two bald eagles with their talons locked were rescued from a Pennsylvania river. Pennsylvania Game Commission says in a recent Facebook post that a woman and her 11-year-old daughter saw the two mature, males eagles floating along the banks of the Susquehanna River near Bloomsburg and contacted police. Columbia County Game Warden Rick Deiterich says the eagles…
Author especially excited to see two nests in Madison County – the first ones officially reported in modern times.
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