Eye To Eye: The Bald Eagle (CBS News)

[kissbutterkiss]

2:57 hand fed

[man11withaplan]

ummmn..... Last I checked, DDT was responsible for saving countless lives in Africa, and scientific evidence showed that DDT was not fully proven to harm animals such as the bald eagle.

[julyjewel72]

I actually saw an eagle perched on a large tree branch just above a road I used to drive on. It was a huge bird! Stunning to see, too.

[landline00]

@TheCJtoon The American Bald Eagle is a dirty, infidel bird! All praises should be directed to the most high, Allah! :)

[NismoCA]

About time I see some good news. =)

[Pml2DarkNight]

hi im bald eagle. hehe guess what? peregrine falcon take the shit out of me

[mariomariobrosluigi]

gimme meeeee!!!

[Specialized1989]

psht, i see natural chicks in my nest all the time what is this guy doing wrong?

[darthgreivous]

Man these birds are beautiful! I want to see one out in the wild... absolutely stunning!

[Volton75]

i know how their our nation birds but there fucking scavengers

[earthdragon451]

I didn't read all the below comments but people shoot eagles all the time. At the wildlife center I volunteer at in Oregon we constantly see Bald eagles who are shot. Currently we have a non-releasable Bald Eagle with us who has a bullet in his shoulder, preventing him from moving his right wing. People shoot Bald Eagles because they sometimes eat dead farm animals, and farmers often assume they are killing their livestock.

[earthdragon451]

I didn't read all the below comments but people shoot eagles all the time. At the wildlife center I volunteer at in Oregon we constantly see Bald eagles who are shot. Currently we have a non-releasable Bald Eagle with us who has a bullet in his shoulder, preventing him from moving his right wing. People shoot Bald Eagles because they sometimes eat dead farm animals, and farmers often assume they are killing their livestock.

[Soulright]

@activate124 Haha do your research. I never even heard of anyone hunting Eagles or even get comfortable to go NEAR them in fear of scaring or hurting them. You think American's, who are extremely patriotic to the point the rest of the world finds us annoying, is going to hurt a national symbol? Like anobar said, it was the pesticide that we didn't realize it would hurt them that bad and thus those kinds of pesticides became illegal. It's even Illegal to harm a Bald Eagle. You have no idea.

[anobar]

@activate124 ..........what in the hell are you talking about? Hunting eagles is NOT a sport in the U.S.! In fact, quite the opposite is true - almost all citizens here hold eagles in high regard. You NEVER hear of people killing eagles. That's why we eagles that are 25-35 years old. The reason their population was endangered years ago was cause in the 1960s they used a pesticide called DDT which made eagle egg shells real brittle. It was outlawed in 1972. A now we have a HUGE eagle population.

[spiralman1974]

Its about fuckin time,Our nations bird should always be here no matter what the cost or sacrifice!

[TazHall]

Thank goodness. I love Eagles.

[Volton75]

in maryland i told my parents i saw a bald eagle on a rooftop they didnt belive me -_-

[Vintage1976]

@Volton75 First time I ever saw a bald eagle in the wild was when I was kid by the Chesapeake bay.

[Catchetat]

wow loving them!

[fanofmiggie]

So cool...:-D.

[muntan321]

what is the ddt ??

[Catchetat]

@muntan321 a pesticide

[Kowneyn]

my favorite animal!

[azn182]

bnmnmmmmmmmmmm

[Barney83]

Excellent!

[darkenlight111]

thank the Lord, I never thought i'd see the day that eagles would be taken off the edangered species list, it almost made me cry to see this wonderful news shared on here, thanks to those great preservationalists!