In 1782 the bald eagle was placed on the Great Seal of the United States and Americans just assumed it was our national bird ...
It wasn’t until the 1960s that the bald eagle was on the brink of extinction and placed on the federal endangered species ...
(The Hill) — After long being an unofficial symbol, the white head, yellow beak bald eagle became the official U.S. bird on Christmas Eve. President Joe Biden signed 50 bills into law Tuesday.
The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength ... and designate the bald eagle — familiar to many because of its white head, yellow beak and brown body — as the national bird.