Liverpool, N.Y. — Once endangered, bald eagles are thriving both locally and nationally under the protection of the Endangered Species Act. For some, the eagles are a testament to the restoration of Onondaga Lake, including the Honeywell cleanup.
A trio of bald eagles is nesting along Onondaga Lake Parkway long after the winter crowd has flown away.
This year, three adults welcomed two hatchlings that are now in the process of testing their wings for flight. According to Cornell University Ornithology Lab’s All About Birds project, once fully fledged, the immature eagles will spend their first four years “in nomadic exploration of vast territories and can fly hundreds of miles per day.”…