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Bald Eagle
United States · National bird (made official by law in 2024)
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The Clear-Eyed Visionary
Power · Body
42
Instinct · Mind
82
Resilience · Spirit
68
The message
The Bald Eagle rides the high air and sees the whole valley at once. Step back from the detail that has you stuck. From higher up, the right move is often obvious.
Ask yourself
What am I too close to see clearly?
The animal
Bald eagles nearly vanished from the lower 48 US states by the 1960s, poisoned by the pesticide DDT.
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About the animal
- Scientific name
- Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Country
- United States
- Status
- National bird (made official by law in 2024)
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- True story
- Bounced back from 417 nesting pairs in 1963 to over 300,000 birds.
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