[Graybeard58]

The birds were listed as endangered in the 1960s because of the pesticide DDT, which weakened their eggshells and caused them to break. Since DDT was banned, however, the number of nesting pairs in the 48 contiguous states has rebounded from several hundred to more than 7,000.

While millions of humans have died because of the ban.

[groanup]

I live in a major city. I have red-tailed hawks, barn owls, red shouldered hawks, peregrine falcons, great horned owls, barred owls, screech owls, as well as robins, chickadees, nuthatches, buzzards, mockingbirds, titmice, towhees...,in my back yard, but no eagles. Go figure. The possums must keep them away.

[crushelits]

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Last week, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Craig Koppie watched a white-headed bird sitting placidly on one of the island's trees ****

We went to church today and when we got out we saw between 90 and 100 eagles sitting in the trees near the church. Went home quick and got the camera and took as many pictures as possible. In NW Arkansas.
Witnesses... Me, my wife, the owner of the land, the plant chemist/wildlife biologist and others.

[Lurker]

Ahhh the WP. If there aren't Eagles in the Potomac, then there aren't any eagles at all.

Meanwhile, here in flyover country, at Starved Rock in Illinois they've been offering tours to see eagles for the last decade. People book those weekends months in advance.

The golf course where Mrs. L works has had a resident breeding pair for the last 5 years.

L

[Antoninus]

It's so true.

[henderson field]

Wild creatures are a lot more resilient than certain people would like you to believe. The same certain people (Sierra Club, etc.) allow habitat to be eliminated through record-breaking immigration and do nothing to oppose it. It's baffling.