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Bald eagles thriving here, descended from birds locals renested in ‘70s, ‘80s
 
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Bald eagles are thriving in the Memphis area due to Martha and Jim Waldron’s efforts 40 years ago to band and renest fledglings in a secret cypress at Reelfoot Lake. This bald eagle is rehabilitating at the Mid-South Raptor Center. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
 

Bald eagles are thriving in the Memphis area due to Martha and Jim Waldron’s efforts 40 years ago to band and renest fledglings in a secret cypress at Reelfoot Lake. This bald eagle is rehabilitating at the Mid-South Raptor Center. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

Volunteers took fledgling bald eagles to Reelfoot Lake, banded them and then fed and watched them succeed. 

 
 

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