How to Use golden eagle in a Sentence
golden eagle
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The golden eagle is my favorite bird of prey, the fiercest hunter in the sky.
—Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2018
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On the cone's tip, there's a golden eagle with open wings -- a flag's finial.
—Cassandra Santiago and Melissa Gray, CNN, 3 Nov. 2017
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Then, there's the wildlife — bison, bighorn sheep, and golden eagles, to name a few.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
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Windmills are the greatest threat in the US to both bald and golden eagles.
—Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
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Each of the programs are designed to save the golden eagle.
—Amy Joi O'Donoghue, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2021
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The golden eagle, a cousin of the bald eagle, is one of the largest birds in North America.
—Alexa Díaz, latimes.com, 26 June 2019
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But in the 1950s, Baldy was also a live golden eagle and lived on campus in a cage.
—Yvette Orozco Staff Writer, Houston Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2019
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More than 300 species have been spotted here, from egrets and herons to grebes and golden eagles.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2018
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This has been the worst season for nestling survival rates of the golden eagle that Slater has seen in at least 40 years.
—Amy Joi O'Donoghue, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2021
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The golden eagle and four ravens were found dead southwest of Wamsutter in 2016.
—USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2020
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In her care was a kestrel, peregrine falcon, barn owl, bald and golden eagle.
—Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 29 May 2018
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Anyone who captures or kills a bald or golden eagle can face hefty fines and jail time.
—Madeline Farber, Fox News, 22 May 2018
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The remains of a rhino and a golden eagle were found in Empress Dowager Bo’s tomb.
—Lyric Li, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
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Whereas a wind farm that will kill golden eagles is tangible, easy to grasp.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
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Aurea is a golden eagle who still flies before games, too.
—Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
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During the spring and fall seasons, New York City birders can spot a wide range of species, from orioles, to warblers, to golden eagles.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 12 Dec. 2019
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With the exception of golden eagles and golden wolves, sand cats aren't preyed upon.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2023
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Dangling from a rope 30 feet above the ground with a canvas bag slung around his neck, Bedrosian shouldered his way into a golden eagle nest lodged in a cliff ledge.
—Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2022
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The men also face more than a dozen counts of trafficking bald and golden eagles, and one count of conspiracy, court records show.
—USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
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The bald and golden eagle carcasses were found at his prior home on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.
—Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 June 2022
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Dangling from a rope 30 feet (9 meters) above the ground with a canvas bag slung around his neck, Bedrosian shouldered his way into a golden eagle nest lodged in a cliff ledge.
—Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022
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In the mid-1800s, ranchers arrived with pigs, which attracted golden eagles from the mainland.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 25 May 2018
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The golden eagle became Utah's official state bird of prey on Wednesday.
—Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
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To the left, a golden eagle, soaring with the wings of a Boeing 737, symbolizes day flights and the time of departure; on the right, a flock of birds represent arriving home.
—Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Jan. 2018
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The discovery makes the two golden eagles the first pair to be tracked in the eastern United States, according to a Friday news release from Bernheim.
—Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2020
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Overhead, griffon vultures and golden eagles circle the Alpine peaks, where rare ibex and pudgy marmots scurry among brown bears and wolves.
—National Geographic, 13 Sep. 2019
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This is one of the last true high Alpine wildernesses in Europe, home to rare wildlife including ibex, mountain hares, black vultures and golden eagles.
—Sam Haddad, 1843, 26 Feb. 2020
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After a long recovery, a golden eagle is ready for its debut at the Eagle Aviary exhibit in this new episode.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2021
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Zeus had a giant golden eagle named Aetos Dios as a companion.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
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One of the two men accused of shooting and killing roughly 3,600 rare birds, including bald and golden eagles, has agreed to plead guilty while the other suspect remains at large, according to new federal court filings in Montana.
—Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
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