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What's Minnesota's largest raptor? Hint: it might not be the bald eagle

  • February 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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What's Minnesota's largest raptor? Hint: it might not be the bald eagle
Look at the armpits—or, technically, the "wingpits. That's what Scott Mehus, education director at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, Minn., told a group of bird watchers recently as they prepared to scan the winter skies for a majestic raptor that's especially tricky to identify: the golden eagle.

Originally published at Phys.org

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