The Pennsylvania Game Commission just released the results of their 2011 bald eagle nest survey and the news is astounding.

The Commission recorded a total of 203 nests in Pennsylvania this year.  To put that number in perspective, in 1983 there were only THREE nests in the entire state.

In our region, there were five nests in Chester County, one in Delaware County, and a remarkable 18 in Lancaster County.  There is even one very tolerant pair of eagles nesting in Philadelphia, demonstrating why the health of our urban rivers remains important to wildlife as well as humans.

Read more about the survey results here