Talk:Bald eagle/Archive 2

To Do

 * Add new link to authoritative source for information on species
 * Corect reference to "largest tree nests ever recorded for any animal species" as the Wedge-tailed eagle at least has larger tree nests.

Add link top Cornell Lab of Ornithology page
 * Bald Eagle Species Account – Cornell Lab of Ornithology — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.94.155.251 (talk) 20:41, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 December 2016
Ziler1 (talk) 20:18, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. - Mlpearc  ( open channel ) 20:19, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 April 2017
Trying to use this page through the API and realized there are substantial formatting issues. I believe " Star: accidental records }}" needs opening brackets as the final page source has a tag with no opening tag 65.29.178.132 (talk) 00:46, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * From what I can tell, it is set out correctly, refering to the stars on the image thus it is included in that section. Are you able to paste the exact text you believe it should be changed to? —  IVORK  Discuss 02:55, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: Requesting user has not responsed to comment in 2 weeks. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 20:29, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

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"Gut pill" is misspelled, should be "gut pile"
Hi, sorry if I'm not using Wikipedia properly but I just wanted to point out that under Behavior - Diet and feeding, "gut pile" is misspelled as "gut pill".

Ambrosinae (talk) 09:31, 5 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Good catch! I will get this changed. Forehann8651 (talk) 18:07, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

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Georgia
please change ((Georgia)) to ((Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:541:4500:1760:218:8BFF:FE74:FE4F (talk)
 * ✅ thanks for the suggestion - Arjayay (talk) 15:07, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

American Eagle
Why not say that American Eagle is an alternative name? After all that redirects here.--Jack Upland (talk) 14:47, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Citation Needed
I'm a new user here, so I apologize if I'm not formatting this correctly, but there doesn't appear to be any citations for the statement "..but by the 1950s there were only 412 nesting pairs in the 48 contiguous states of the US." in the "Population Decline and Recovery" section. Cursory googling hasn't shown me any solid sources. I did find this page that makes the claim for the early 1960's: http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/baldeagle/pastsurveys.html but for all I know they may have pulled that number from wikipedia.

Gregarious raconteur (talk) 20:56, 26 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you, I've added Citation needed to the claim. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 21:04, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 September 2018
not 60 % 63 198.53.49.139 (talk) 16:24, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Saucy[talk – contribs] 22:14, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Photo for this article
The main photo for this article is a Photoshop. The original was stolen from here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.138.20.97 (talk) 23:26, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Yowzers. Thanks for the heads-up; that looks convincing (especially since the uploader seems to be in the business of promoting some river adventure thing). Will replace it. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 11:23, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Taken off apex predator list
Not because it isn't an apex predator -- it is one of the most famous as such -- but because all eagles are apex predators. Pbrower2a (talk) 03:16, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Typo fix request
Hi All,

Noticed a small typo under the reproduction section. Sydney, British Columbia should be spelled Sidney.

Thanks! Cheesemaster31 (talk) 20:14, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Cheers -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 20:27, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 April 2021
is bold Mrstinkytaco (talk) 02:01, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 04:51, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Species
Should there be new pages called the northern bald Eagle and the southern bald Eagle? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zachbarbo (talk • contribs) 21:56, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
 * They're subspecies, not species.--Mr Fink (talk) 23:01, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 July 2021
I would like to add my picture of a Bald Eagle in Ketchikan, Alaska, highlighting the head plumage. DrPrattDatta (talk) 19:04, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Duplicate request, see reply below. RudolfRed (talk) 23:35, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 July 2021
Bald Eagle Head Plumage

DrPrattDatta (talk) 19:05, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
 * It's a nice image, but the head close-up already in the article is probably more representative of the general features. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 19:25, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Telephoto compression makes the front-facing view "flat". ◢  Ganbaruby!   (talk) 23:43, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

bald eagle - weight
it says it weighs a metric ton. This is asinine. Fix this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sradz113 (talk • contribs) 15:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Are you aware that the metric ton refers to the weight of the nest, and not of the bird?--Mr Fink (talk) 18:08, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 November 2021
In the first paragraph of the section "population decline and recovery", please remove the part "Later illegal shooting was described as ...... ollisions in flight as the leading causes of eagle deaths.", and remove citation 161 because the source used is not a reliable source. It is from Steven Milloy who as stated in his article is a lobbyist for tobacco, fossil fuel and chemical companies, and has promoted the "Rachel Carson killed millions" by getting DDT banned denialist propaganda. 

He is not a reliable source for most topic in general as he denies Climate change, ozone depletion, health risk of second hand smoke, among other crankery. Hence please remove that section.

Thank you! 2409:4042:4CC1:BA6:56A:2688:1585:6737 (talk) 19:32, 30 November 2021 (UTC)


 * My first though upon looking at this was to agree completely, Milloy is obviously not a neutral observer here. However, the piece in question cites it's own sources, the National Wildlife Federation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecology (journal) and others. He is obviously pro-DDT, but in this particular case he seems to have researched his points very thoroughly. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:22, 30 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I think it would be better to use the reports from the National Wildlife Federation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as citations if that is what those reports actually say(as milloy didn't provide links to those reports; so he could be misinterpreting them), instead of using a propogandist who would cherry pick ,misrepresent and promote outright false claims. Also the bald eagle page of the National Wildlife Federation does cite DDT as a threat to their population alongside other chemical pollutants such as mercury, persistent organic chemicals, heavy metals.


 * Now those mentioned factors like shooting, electrocution, habitat loss also contributed to the decline of bald eagle, but that doesn't mean DDT can be dismissed as a cause, which the piece in question does. So for now I think it would be better to remove Milloy's article as a source and add the clarification to reliable source tag. 2409:4042:4CC1:BA6:419B:E2ED:1E8E:CBEA (talk) 06:08, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I removed, "Bald Eagle-DDT Myth Still Flying High" is a coatrack for DDT doubt mongering from a infotainment agency, Fox, and added citation needed to the sentence. ~ cygnis insignis 13:57, 7 December 2021 (UTC)