The Associated Press has a terrific story out today on the resurgence of the bald eagle, and I’m quoted in it. Having headed several AP bureaus and served as a university spokesperson, I’m accustomed to speaking with reporters.
But this is the first time I can recall being quoted as an individual, in this case as a birder familiar with bald eagles in New Jersey.
Trenton-based AP reporter Mike Catalini found this blog and contacted me by email several days ago, looking for a birder to comment on the improving fortunes of our national bird. We had a nice conversation by telephone.
Riffing off the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl appearance this weekend, Mike wrote a fine story that includes a concise history of how bald eagles, nearly wiped out by DDT, have rallied in the last few decades to shed their endangered status.
Here’s hoping the Eagles will follow with a few rallies of their own this weekend. 🦅
The Jersey Birder 
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