Return Flight: Restoring the Bald Eagle to the Channel Islands

[@JesseB147]

FOBBV sent me here also. What a wonderful video! Thank you to everyone who made this recovery possible!! I'm thankful for the caring people in our world. 🥰

[@mcooper9251]

This made me cry with joy. Thank you for helping the eagles!

[@geeWibz]

FOBBV sent me here. Thank you for all you've done and continue to do.

[@DaveHarris75]

Thanks to dedicated people, we are witnessing this beautiful initiative.

[@kimkane135]

Thank you! for bringing back the heart of America.❤

[@juliehoot3916]

Thank you for saving our precious Eagles! 🙏💔

[@MimiLovesHerBlessings]

So incredibly beautiful. Tears flowing down my face ... joy and more joy. I watch so many of these nests today in 2023 and so thankful to all of you for your vision, determination, your hard work and never giving up. I know my favorite nest in Big Bear MUST have come from your incredible work here in the Channel Islands. BEAUTIFUL FILM. Absolute JOY!

[@sereneeagle-es7ll]

Thank you, thank you, thank you - for the initiative, determination, and resilience to keep fighting for the bald eagles and their existence. One person makes a difference - never doubt it - and several people can effect solutions for lasting impact. If only people could learn and avoid future near-extinctions based on human-caused problems...

[@martynichols9114]

So important because our national bird signifying patriotism and freedom and grace and strength and bravery and beauty and independence and elegance!!

[@KiwiKiwi902]

Amazing thank you to someone having a vision and to watch it co.e to fruition. Bald eagles were almost extinct. Thank you Dr. Sharpe and the other scientists! Love watching all the nests! God bless you all! Fascinating and just amazing. Wow!! Thanks for this video persistence and hard work. You all are my heroes. May the Bald eagles continue to flourish and soar above the islands!❤😭❤🙏

[@DianeManning-m7u]

I am so grateful to the developers who took the time to re-established these places for a safe habitat for these ball eagles....

[@201BoYzz]

this was amazing thank you.

[@audrawilkens6640]

1:08 might have been Dr. Sharpe being lifted from California to Channel Island eagle nest to either collect eggs to incubate in the zoo. Kudos for his decades of dedicated work in restoring the bald eagle population. What a fantastic naturalist he is!

[@beckylarson6274]

Incredible story. ❤ Thank you for your tireless dedication to these magnificent birds. I recently found the Friends of Big Bear Valley Eagle Cams and they led me to you. 😊

[@debtheguest3109]

Dave thank you for your vision and hard work and Dr. Sharpe for subjecting yourself to the "dope on the rope" situation LOL! It's incredible what you and your teams did to restore the bald eagle population. I love this video and have watched it several times.

[@joysanders9315]

Just amazing. Thanks for the dedication of these teams that made this happen.

[@hollyobrien2816]

Tears down my face, the good kind. Thank you soooooooo much for this stunning work of love and devotion towards repopulating these islands with these magestic and important birds. Wow ❤

[@grannysharp772]

I used to work on an excursion boat, back in the early 70’s, that went to these islands daily.

[@samanthadove5395]

Wow!! Thank you

[@Patrick42567]

Just a reminder 2024 "THANK YOU"

[@JohnGwinner]

Fascinating. Are the birds still given transmitters?

[@aquamarineblue8690]

Awesome. Wow. Thank you

[@marcellacrane6545]

Wow! First off, a huge congratulations to all the scientists and advocates that worked to bring back the bald eagle back to the Channel Islands! What a success. We often forget it takes legal action, & years of patience to see a horrific chemical and company be held to account for their destruction. (Science Wins!) Data is now available to ensure this should never happen again, to destroy wildlife and our lands. Everyone has a voice to advocate for these birds. Amazing feat, thank you!

[@araxiep465]

Amazing ! thank you

[@merrittplacido9568]

Wow. Very good educated video ty.

[@jans8790]

Wow.

[@cleanup5151]

60 eagles in 2013? I wonder how many there are now.

[@youtubeaccount1.2]

316,700 last year

[@taffyb4007]

Ahh inspiring