For the Ages: A History Podcast

The Bald Eagle Part One: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird

December 26, 2022 New-York Historical Society Season 2 Episode 15
For the Ages: A History Podcast
The Bald Eagle Part One: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird
Show Notes

Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental historian Jack E. Davis delves into the story of America’s most famous bird: the bald eagle. In conversation with David M. Rubenstein, Davis explores the story of the bald eagle as a unique and efficient predator predating colonization, a national symbol omnipresent in American art, architecture, and archives, and a species twice pushed to the brink of extinction. This first of two episodes focuses on the natural habitat of the American eagle, its hunting and mating habits, and migratory patterns.
Recorded on November 16, 2022