She was one of the lucky ones. Her assailants were bald eagles, Haliaeetus leucocephalus—or Dutch Harbor pigeons, as they’re known around this fishing port in the Aleutian chain on the edge of ...
Bald eagles are protected under both Ohio law and the federal Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, making it illegal to ...
Around the village of Unalaska and nearby Dutch Harbor, the largest fishing port in the United States, the eagles are very much used to people. Fish are everywhere, and the eagles hang around ...
like properly disposing fishing lines so baby eagles and their parents avoid getting tangled and limiting pesticide usage so poison is prevented from entering eagles’ systems through the rodents ...
Division of Wildlife is conducting a statewide bald eagle nest census in 2025 and is requesting the public’s help to locate active eagle nests. Observers may report bald eagle nest locations ...