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 disturb bald eagles.

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 ...

Threats that bald eagles face today include: Lead exposure from bullets left in animals hunted for sport or discarded fishing weights Habitat destruction Collision with wind farm turbine blades ...

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 ...

Eagles' nests are large ... mature trees and disposing of fishing lines. Limiting pesticides can also keep poison from entering an eagle's system through the rodents they hunt.