Eagles Photographs by Will Saunders, Dan Morrison, Andy Abyeta, TJ Daniel, Brian Amdur

The symbol of American freedom is about as common in Cordova as a park pigeon in New York City. They are a lot of fun to photograph, so we have thousands of eagle images. Here are a few of our favorites.

"It's a punch in the gut. The greatest threat our birds face today is global warming," Audubon Chief Scientist Gary Langham noted in a press release. "That's our unequivocal conclusion after seven years of painstakingly careful and thorough research. Global warming threatens the basic fabric of life on which birds – and the rest of us – depend, and we have to act quickly and decisively if we are going to avoid catastrophe for them and for us."