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Bald Eagles Have Returned to Our Skies, but How and Why?

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A female bald eagle in Sag Harbor. MARIANNE BARNETT

A female bald eagle in Sag Harbor. MARIANNE BARNETT

A banded subadult bald eagle that had been rescued and rehabilitated at the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays. MARIANNE BARNETT

A banded subadult bald eagle that had been rescued and rehabilitated at the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays. MARIANNE BARNETT

A closeup of a subadult in Southampton, 2024. MARIANNE BARNETT

A closeup of a subadult in Southampton, 2024. MARIANNE BARNETT

A bald eagle in flight. MARIANNE BARNETT

A bald eagle in flight. MARIANNE BARNETT

An eagle in a local nest. MARIANNE BARNETT

An eagle in a local nest. MARIANNE BARNETT

A bald eagle captured in Sag Harbor. MARIANNE BARNETT

A bald eagle captured in Sag Harbor. MARIANNE BARNETT

An adult bald eagle flying in the sky over Poxabogue. MARIANNE BARNETT

An adult bald eagle flying in the sky over Poxabogue. MARIANNE BARNETT

A bald eagle. MARIANNE BARNETT

A bald eagle. MARIANNE BARNETT

An eaglet observed on May 27, 2024, in a nest in Sag Harbor. MARIANNE BARNETT

An eaglet observed on May 27, 2024, in a nest in Sag Harbor. MARIANNE BARNETT

A juvenile bald eagle in Poxabogue County Park, 2024. MARIANNE BARNETT

A juvenile bald eagle in Poxabogue County Park, 2024. MARIANNE BARNETT

A juvenile eagle about 1 to 2-years-old in Bridgehampton, 2024. MARIANNE BARNETT

A juvenile eagle about 1 to 2-years-old in Bridgehampton, 2024. MARIANNE BARNETT

An eagle taking off from a branch in Sag Harbor. MARIANNE BARNETT

An eagle taking off from a branch in Sag Harbor. MARIANNE BARNETT

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The Wandering Witness

  • Publication: East Hampton Press
  • Published on: Feb 18, 2025
  • Columnist: Marianne Barnett
I find myself writing this story while socked in a monstrous snowstorm near the ground zero site for the reintroduction of bald eagles in 1976 after their near extinction just... more

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