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section, offered attraction to the big birds longer than most other parts of 
northern Indiana. 
Amos W. Butler, in his “Birds of Indiana,” 1897, notes the nesting of 
bald eagles as lately as 1893, particularly at English Lake. In regard to 
golden eagles, he states that there is no record of that species having bred 
in Indiana, although it is a not infrequent winter visitor. 
Sheltered nest of golden eagle, Dry Creek Canyon 
Robert Ridgway, in his “Ornithology of Illinois,” 1880, lists the golden 
eagle, quoting E. W. Nelson, as “not very uncommon in winter,” and as 
having “formerly visited throughout the state.’ The bald eagle Mr. 
Ridgway cites as “fa more or less common bird, to be met with at all 
times of the year.” But this had reference to conditions some 65 years ago. 
Frank M. Woodruff, in his “Birds of the Chicago Area,” 1907, regards 
both the golden and bald eagles as now uncommon, the former as ‘‘a very 
rare winter visitant,” and the latter as “a rare resident,” but mentions the 
bald eagle as having nested near Miller’s, Indiana, in 1897. 
So it was with especial interest that I hailed the opportunity of 
