Bald Eagle

LC - Least Concern

N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding

S3B, S3N - Vulnerable Breeding, Vulnerable Nonbreeding

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On June 14, 1972, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a ban on the use of DDT in the United States. The reason for the ban, according to William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator of the EPA, was “the continued massive use of DDT posed unacceptable risks to the environment and potential harm to human health.” The ban took effect on December 31, 1972.

In 1973 there were estimated to be just 149 nesting pairs of Bald Eagles in Minnesota. In 2005 the number of Breeding pairs increased to 1,312.

On June 28, 2007, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced the removal of the Bald Eagle from the list of threatened and endangered species. It is still federally protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. In Minnesota it had been listed first as threatened in 1984, then as a species of special concern in 1996. On August 19, 2013, it was removed from the list but location records continue to be maintained by the Department of Natural Resources.

30″ to 43″

Large lakes and rivers

Mid-February to April and late August to late December

Common migrant, uncommon and local breeder

The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map

This one was high above the tree for hours for fish while watching me at the same time.

Bald Eagles at Nest Site...

Since we don’t have any large pines in this region a few of them seem to not mind large Cottonwood trees for a nest site. Guessing they are hoping the weather warms up soon.

Bald Eagle...

Bald Eagle taking flight.

Another Bald Eagle...

Wild and captive

A Bald Eagle Near the outlook dock on The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge.

A pair of adult Bald Eagles with a 1 year old juvenile Bald Eagle flying overhead.

American Bald Eagle waiting for prey to appear in The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge.

American Bald Eagle in flight over the Minnesota River in The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge.

I see them almost daily!

Eagle on haybale

Bald eagle nest

We had an eagle in the yard today. He sat contently in the tree until a loud vehicle went by.

National Eagle Center, Wabasha, MN

Bird

Nest

Location: Bear Head Lake State Park

This one was high above the tree for hours for fish while watching me at the same time.

Location: Norman County, Mn

Since we don’t have any large pines in this region a few of them seem to not mind large Cottonwood trees for a nest site. Guessing they are hoping the weather warms up soon.

Location: rural Norman Co. Mn.

Location: Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge

American Bald Eagle waiting for prey to appear in The Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge.

Location: Winsted, MN, Lester Prairie, MN, Plato, MN

I see them almost daily!

Location: Norman Co. Mn.

I noticed the bald eagle looking in various directions even downward. It was perched in mainly Aspen woodlands near a marshy area in eastern Norman Co. Mn.

Location: Rural Norman co. Mn.

This is the same eagle as the other one I sent some time back but different shot.

Location: Rural Norman co. Mn.

Bald Eagle taking flight.

Location: Freeborn County, MN

Actively used Bald Eagle nest, high in a cottonwood on the grounds of the former Albert Lea Country Club

We had an eagle in the yard today.  He sat contently in the tree until a loud vehicle went by.

Location: between Moose Lake and Cromwell, Minnesota

Eagle on haybale

Location: Dodge Co.

Bald Eagle shot in rural Dodge Co. on May 22- they are nesting in a large cottonwood on a fence row. This is about 4-5 miles from Rice Lake SP. Pentax 55-300mm with my K-5.

Location: Crosby Farm Regional Park

Bald eagle nest

Location: National Eagle Center, Wabasha, MN