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The map (from Sibley, 2000) is badly out of date. Substantial numbers of bald eagles are now nesting, for example, along the Delaware River https://www.state.nj.us/drbc/edweb/bald-eagle.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.255.91.2 (talk) 23:44, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
This sentence in the Behavior section has no citation and seems suspect: "Bounty hunters shooting from helicopters opined that they were far more difficult to hunt while flying than golden eagles as they would turn, double back or dive as soon as approached." Pretty sure that would be a poacher, not a bounty hunter! 2600:1700:E920:B3E0:5591:1841:A52B:2F0 (talk) 04:38, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
There is a sentence that says “ In 1930 a New York City ornithologist wrote that in the state of Alaska in the previous 12 years approximately 70,000 bald eagles had been shot.”
Since Alaska did not become a state until 1959, you might consider rephrasing to something like “……… ornithologist wrote that in the territory of Alaska in the previous …………” 172.58.43.126 (talk) 14:59, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
Whew! I was WP:BOLD and just did a massive overhauling of the references to ensure they are all in cite templates. I made some decisions along the way, such as using ((cite journal))
for PhD dissertations and thesis. Someone should double check what I did. Cheers! UtherSRG (talk) 18:30, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
I see talk of listing and delisting from Endangered species list, but shouldn’t there be a section that at least briefly discusses the eagle specific federal protections and penalties against harm etc. 2601:14F:4501:3320:0:0:0:86F4 (talk) 06:13, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
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Weight is not 1 metric tin. 90.243.174.187 (talk) 11:53, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
I live in connecticut and we have multiple pairs of breeding eagles around me alone, yet this map says that we only get winter visitors. Additionally, at our other house in Michigan, there are always eagles around, year round. As such, this map is either outdated or simply wrong, and a better one should be found. 73.238.227.37 (talk) 20:21, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
The photo of the bald eagle on the left side nearest to the top looks black instead of dark brown. It's not even a juvenile. I thought bald eagles are dark brown. PS, if you don't know which one I'm taking about, look for the one with the text under it that says "head details". 2600:6C44:627F:5865:D028:C3FF:FE4B:8D02 (talk) 19:36, 31 December 2023 (UTC)