The birds have been in an environmental updraft since the early 2000s, when the U.S. government took them off its endangered species list.

Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — national bird of the United ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle—the national ... One bird, a male named Freedom, perched atop a branch in ...

America’s national bird, the bald eagle, is having a moment WEST ORANGE, N.J. -- Along the long road from American icon to ... One bird, a male named Freedom, perched atop a branch in his ...

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)(Seth Wenig / AP) WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle ... named Freedom, perched atop a ...