While everyone assumes that the Bald Eagle holds some kind of special status as the "official bird of America", that actually isn't the case, and Minnesota is leading an effort to change that.
Only Alaska has more loons and eagles than Minnesota. What do we have more of in Minnesota, our state bird or our national bird? Here's the birds by the numbers.
Trail cameras have changed so much in what we get to see out in nature when no humans are around and this footage is a perfect example of survival of the fittest.
I know we have a lot of talented casual photographers in the area, I see their fantastic work shared on Facebook all the time. June 20th was American Eagle Day and the Lake Superior Zoo is commemorating the day with a photo contest using their bald eagle, Liberty, which is nice, you don't have to go out and find a bald eagle to be your model.