bald eagle

     

     Resient, breeding      Summer visitor, breeding      Winter visitor      On migration only

Trivia about bald eagle

  • Gov't naturalist Daniel James predicts someday this national symbol will no longer be endangered
  • In 1782 the U.S. chose this eagle as its national bird
  • Benjamin Franklin called this national symbol "a bird of bad moral character"
  • This patriotic symbol will hover above water birds until they exhaust themselves diving
  • This threatened national symbol is thriving in areas protected by the Forest Service, like Washington's Skagit River
  • An 1873 law states that this creature must appear on the reverse of all U.S. coins greater than 10 cents
  • The scientific name of this U.S. national symbol is haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • In 1782 it became a national symbol
  • This bird that isn't really losing its hair is a national symbol of the U.S.
  • A national symbol, this endangered bird has been making a comeback in recent years