Once pushed to the brink of extinction, the bald eagle has made a powerful comeback since the pesticide DDT was banned in the early 1970s. Minnesota has more bald eagles than any other state in the lower 48 states. The Minnesota DNR, for the third year in a row, is streaming a live video of a bald eagle next in the Twins Cities metro area. It is believed it the same pair of eagles that has nested here in previous years. This year there are again three eggs in the nest. The fi

That’s because the DNR is now streaming live video of a nesting pair of bald eagles on its website at www.webcams.dnr.state.mn.us/eagle. DNR biologists believe it’s the same pair of birds that used the nest last year, but their eggs failed to hatch, probably because they were laid too early and froze. This year, the birds have laid two eggs in the last five days. Located in the Twin Cities, the exact location of the nest is being withheld to prevent it from drawing crowds tha