A huge raptor stood on a fencepost near Island Park Reservoir. Without a doubt, it was an eagle, but which one, bald or golden? It clearly wasn’t an adult bald eagle — with the white head and tail, ...

Golden Eagles are one of the largest birds in North America. Their wingspan stretches 72 to 86 inches. They measure 27.6 to 33.1 inches in length and weigh 6.4 to 13.2 pounds. Females are larger than ...

Eagle County. Eagle River. Why are they named so? Because there are lots of eagles around here. But where you find the majestic birds depends on whether you’re looking for a golden eagle or a bald ...

In January, an anonymous source delivered a very sick golden eagle to the Montana Raptor Center in Billings, Montana, which rehabilitates injured birds. The young male eagle was in bad shape, barely ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – More than 110 volunteers joined U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District staff at five of their lakes – Abiquiu, Cochiti, and Santa Rosa lakes in New Mexico, and Trinidad ...

The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West’s most spectacular predators — the golden eagle — as the species teeters on the edge of ...

Few people see golden eagles the way Rick Vetter does. The retired southern Oregon wildlife biologist monitors their nests, which are about 10 feet tall and mostly wedged between towering cliff walls, ...

From a distance they could tell the golden eagle in western Wisconsin was at least a few years old. And once they safely removed the bird from the netting of a bow trap for processing, raptor experts ...

Biologists, educators and interns with the Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center in Grants Pass gathered Wednesday evening to say goodbye to a golden eagle without a name. The bird with ...