John Yang: Around 2010, as Cook was doing research for his book "American Eagle," he tried to nail down exactly when it became the U.S. national bird and found out that it wasn't.

The bird that Benjamin Franklin maligned was not our national bird until Dec. 24, 2024. ... allowing thousands of viewers to enjoy the eagles in real life and real time.

Backyard bird count The Cornell Lab Great Backyard Bird Count will be held Friday – Feb. 17. It takes as little as 15 minutes and will help create a real-time snapshot of bird populations.

Despite centuries on the national seal and widespread assumption, the bald eagle has never officially been designated as the national bird. John Yang reports on the effort to change that and why ...

Celebrate Ohio's conservation success this Independence Day with 964 active bald eagle nests, the most comprehensive count to ...

Klobuchar was surprised the eagle wasn’t already the national bird, she said, as was everybody she has talked to about it. States have state birds (Minnesota’s is the loon , of course, since ...

The bald eagle had never been declared the national bird — until Preston Cook, an avid collector of all things eagle-themed, unearthed the truth and fought to correct the oversight.

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and the strength of the United States for more than 240 years officially became the country’s national bird on Christmas Eve. It once avoided Chicago like ...

Backyard bird count The Cornell Lab Great Backyard Bird Count will be held Friday – Feb. 17. It takes as little as 15 minutes and will help create a real-time snapshot of bird populations.