Bald Eagles No Longer Endangered, U.S. Says

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla., June 28 — Bald eagles, whose numbers dwindled to historic lows in the early 1960s, are once again flourishing and no longer need the protections of the Endangered Species Act, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced today.

Here in Florida, bald eagles have thrived for a decade, multiplying to a statewide population of 1,150 breeding pairs and giving this state, along with Minnesota, bragging rights as the top eagle havens in the country.

The aloof centurions of the wild heights and lonely shores have moved into the suburbs as well. They can be found nesting in cellphone towers and raising chicks near landfills and airport runways, along highways and high up in the pine trees of the state’s luxury housing developments .

Here, some see the birds as part mascot, part amenity — and a thorough blessing.

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Right Jan---there are several "families" of Bald eagles that nest around Lake Monroe in Bloomington, and I have seen an eagle or two flying low along Indiana State Hwy 67 just north of my town this past spring.  Beautiful BEAUTIFUL birds!

Here in Florida, they have nests right along the interstates! There is no feeling like you get when watching one soar. If I remember right, the national bird came down to two birds... the American Bald Eagle & Benjamin Franklin wanted the Wild Turkey! I am sure glad they chose the Eagle!

Have any of you ever seen an American Bald Eagles egg when it first hatches open?

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