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The Triumphant Return Of The Bald Eagle

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A captive adult bald eagle at the Elmwood Park Zoo in Pennsylvania. COURTESY WILLIAM KONSTANT

A captive adult bald eagle at the Elmwood Park Zoo in Pennsylvania. COURTESY WILLIAM KONSTANT

A fledgling immature bald eagle from a nest on the William Floyd Estate. COURTESY WILLIAM KONSTANT

A fledgling immature bald eagle from a nest on the William Floyd Estate. COURTESY WILLIAM KONSTANT

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old bald eagle who was shot decades ago. CHRIS PERAINO

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old

Quogue Wildlife Refuge's 31 year old

Chris Peraino on Aug 27, 2017
Disclosing the exact location of bald eagle nesting sites is something of a taboo among conservationists. The symbolic national bird had been on an 80-year hiatus from Long Island, and... more

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