Not long ago, California was down to 30 nesting pairs of bald eagles. But America’s national bird is making a comeback! In recent years, Michael Pagano photographed the Bay Area’s first nesting pair of bald eagles in nearly 100 years at their residence in a Douglas fir along the banks of Crystal Springs Reservoir. In this image, a juvenile, yet to grow into his snowy head feathers, surveys his domain.
Image by Michael Pagano / @paganografx
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