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The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) has recovered from losses caused by pesticides, especially DDT. No nests were found in Georgia in 1979, but by 2004 eagles had nested in more than eighty locations in the state.

Courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Bald Eagle

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