Bald Eagle

This page is for the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). I grew up with this species being endangered and was always excited the few times I was able to see one in the wild. Their recovery has been remarkable to the point they are much more common than they used to be and I see them more frequently. I even saw one on the way to the Fort Worth Nature Preserve recently (January 2022), but I could not pull over my truck to get a photograph, so that sighting does not count on my list. The April 26, 2014 photo is my first digital photographic evidence of this bird, but I am certain I have a few old film photographs from the 1970s and 1980s in a box somewhere. The best photograph I have taken of the Bald Eagle to date (above) was from November 8, 2015 at the Land Between the Lakes National National Recreation Area, Golden Pond, KY.

The following photograph is the best representative image from a different date and location than my species representative example.