Georgia’s bald eagle population takes flight as rebound continues years after near extinction • Georgia Recorder
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The state agency cites a 1972 federal ban on DDT, which significantly weakens eagles’ eggshells, as a major factor in the birds’ recovery.

While the well-known story that Benjamin Franklin wanted the wild turkey to be the national bird may be exaggerated, it is true that the founding father praised the wild gobbler’s virtues in a tongue-in-cheek letter to his daughter. “For in Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true […]

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