The bald eagle became the United States national bird on Dec. 24, 2024, approximately 242 years after most Americans assumed it already was our national bird. In 1782 the bald eagle was placed on the Great Seal of the United States and Americans just ...

Last September, the folks at Raven Ridge Wildlife Center (RRWC) received a call for help from a woman named Brittany and her dad, Ken. Brittany expressed concern about a bald eagle she’d seen in her neighborhood,

MINNESOTA, USA — Some Native Americans traditionally bestow bald eagle feathers at ceremonies to mark achievements, such as graduations, and as a form of reverence for the bird they hold sacred as a messenger to the Creator. This year, many are doing so ...