Maryland Wildlife - Bald Eagles On April 5, 2010 the bald eagle
was removed from Maryland’s list of threatened and endangered
species. This is a great success story. The bald eagle was also
removed from the federal endangered species list in August 2007.
Removal from these official lists is a result of the tremendous
recovery of this former endangered species. The bald eagle
population is now fully recovered. Bald eagles are regularly
seen throughout Maryland, especially near the Chesapeake Bay and
its tidal rivers. The bald eagle in Maryland increased
significantly since this species was first listed as endangered
in 1973. Annual nesting surveys conducted by the Department of
Natural Resources from 1977 through 2004 documented a nearly
ten-fold increase in the number of nesting pairs. In 1977, only
44 pairs of nesting bald eagles occurred in Maryland. By 2004,
there were 390 documented breeding pairs. It is now estimated
that over 500 nesting pairs of bald eagles occur in Maryland
annually. There is now at l