Few birds capture the public imagination like our national bird, the bald eagle. The iconic birds were once on the brink of extinction, with just one nesting pair existing in NJ as recently as the 1980s. But a push to save the bald eagle in recent decades has achieved immense success. Last year, bald eagle nests were found in all 21 New Jersey counties.

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