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Harriet the Eagle
Harriet, age 26, is one of three bald eagles in permanent residence at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, MN. The eagle study and rehabilitation center is located along the banks of the Mississippi and the raptors’ migratory path.
While recognizing their regal bearing, I maintain that bald eagles have an angry and disapproving look about them. Harriet, who came to live at the Center years ago after being hit by a car while feeding on some road kill, still retains a somewhat disheveled appearance. (Note the tangled feathers and streaks of brown.) Considering what the nation has endured these past years, the look seems fitting.
She was a guest on the Colbert Report last summer on the occasion of her species being removed from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s endangered list.
