ICYMI, America is turning 244 years old. We're skipping the fireworks, hot dog eating contests, and awkward beach sunburns this year and celebrating with a (bird)sh*t ton of facts about America's favorite poster bird. Learn about the history of the Bald Eagle as America's symbol and some cool facts about these North American birds of prey!

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BIRD SHIT WE DISCUSSED
USEFUL RESOURCES 

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology: info on Bald Eagles
• History.com: the Bald Eagle's history in early American Congress
• (another source about Congress and the Bald Eagle...maybe not legit?)
• US Fish & Wildlife Service: DDT and its impact on Bald Eagles
• Mental Floss: cool facts about Bald Eagles
• Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring (highlighting DDT's impact on Bald Eagles)

BIRDS WE MENTIONED (in order)

• Bald Eagle
• Turkey Vulture
• Peregrine Falcon
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Red-Shouldered Hawk
• Wild Turkey
• Northern Cardinal
• Osprey

OTHER COOL SH*T

• We don't really eat meat, but here are the Vienna Natural Casings Hot Dogs if you're into that stuff. 
• Upcoming bird debate in Chicago area: which bird should be the state bird of Illinois? (Just for funsies, not legit legislative) 
• "Fly Like an Eagle" -- Seal did it best.
• Seinfeld theme song: the boop-iest theme song ever.

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