HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — The two famous Bald Eagle chicks at Duke Farms are just about five weeks old and will soon be banded. "They are growing fast and their pin feathers have started to appear ...

SWAN VALLEY, Idaho May 18, 2015 8:30 p.m. Eagle feathers and parts are sent to the National Eagle and Wildlife Property Repository for redistribution to Native Americans for ceremonial use.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — America’s golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies, according to wildlife officials, ...

The baby eagle is currently in its "transitional" stage of plumage, where an eaglet has its first dark brown-to-black “pin” feathers emerging on the back, shoulders, breast and wings.