The Bald Eagle

Part I of Essay
Our bird the national bird is making a comeback in wildlife. In the past thirty years, was on the border of extinction in the lower part of the United States. Now, due to the ban of the pesticide DDT, and a supporting effort by wildlife managers, the population of is on ....

Part II of Essay
.... They usually live around thirty years in the wild , but when in captivity they live a longer life. Experts believe that there may have been as much as twenty-five thousand to seventy-five thousand Bald Eagles living at the time when the bird was made our national symbol which was in 1782. Since then that number has decreased due to their habitat changes and hunters harassing and killing them whether for fun or for trade. Another harmful additive to the problem was the pesticide DDT. In 1940 Congress had passed a law that banned the k ....