Who knew it wasn’t already?

https://apnews.com/article/bid...249891d5daf11bf3ceb2

“WASHINGTON (AP) — The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird.

President Joe Biden signed into law legislation sent to him by Congress that amends the United States Code to correct what had long gone unnoticed and designate the bald eagle — familiar to many because of its white head, yellow beak and brown body — as the national bird.

The bald eagle has appeared on the Great Seal of the United States, which is used in official documents, since 1782, when the design was finalized. The seal is made up of the eagle, an olive branch, arrows, a flag-like shield, the motto “E Pluribus Unum” and a constellation of stars.

Congress that same year designated the bald eagle as the the national emblem, and its image appears in a host of places, ranging from documents and the presidential flag to military insignia and U.S. currency, according to USA.gov.

But it had never been officially designated to be what many had just assumed it was — the national bird.

The bald eagle is indigenous to North America.”

I didn’t know that it wasn’t already. I’m fortunate to get to watch them have supper while I’m doing the same.

Daughter's new house has a resident Bald Eagle in her back wooded yard, overlooking a year-round stream. Christmas eve it enjoyed a duck dinner.

I thought it already was.

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
I thought it already was.

Me too.

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Guess we all thought wrong. Crazy!

Glad to see that the government is tackling important issues vital to the well-being of the country.

I wonder when they get around for the official language.

ARman

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Originally posted by WaterburyBob:

Glad to see that the government is tackling important issues vital to the well-being of the country.

Let's encourage them to stay busy with stuff like this for the next 3 1/2 weeks.

I’d just as soon they spend their time on this type of issue instead of passing new laws designed to separate me from my money and make America less safe.

IIRC back in the day Ben Franklin tried to have the Wild Turkey designated as our national bird..................... drill sgt.

Bald Eagles are one of my favorite photography subjects. But they kind of lose their majestic image after you see them dumpster diving in the parking lot of the Burger King in Ketchikan, AK.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by WaterburyBob:

Glad to see that the government is tackling important issues vital to the well-being of the country.

Let's encourage them to stay busy with stuff like this for the next 3 1/2 weeks.

for the wins, both of youz.

I too thought the Bald Eagle was already the National Bird. I have seen 13 of them this year, not even looking for them. Most within a mile of the Clark Fork River. Sometimes I see them eating road kill on the side of Interstate 90 along with a flock of buzzards.

That's great news! I love to look for Eagles in SW Utah, don't often get lucky. This one was my avatar on here for quite a while.

240 years of proof that we can get stuff done without Government Proclamations!

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Sometimes I see them eating road kill on the side of Interstate 90 along with a flock of buzzards.

Just shows "A country bird can survive!"

(I guess if'n I was hungry enough, I'd be right beside them buzzards!)

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by WaterburyBob:

Glad to see that the government is tackling important issues vital to the well-being of the country.

Let's encourage them to stay busy with stuff like this for the next 3 1/2 weeks.

Beats a lot of other idiocracy.

Better late than never. Considering the nutty the call-in Biden agenda the status of the Bald Eagle is a plus for America.

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Originally posted by drill sgt:
IIRC back in the day Ben Franklin tried to have the Wild Turkey designated as our national bird..................... drill sgt.

Well the turkey does taste a lot better than the eagle!

But I have to say, this act of Biden's is the only one I can recall with which I have no problem!

More likely it will turn out that Baldy was official after all, and FJB just didn't know it.