“For nearly 250 years, we called the bald eagle the national bird when it wasn’t,” said Jack Davis, co-chair of the National Bird Initiative for the National Eagle Center, in a news release. “But now the title is official, and no bird is more deserving.”

When America's Founding Fathers affixed a bald eagle to the great seal of the United States in 1782, they likely had no idea they were highlighting what would become one of the greatest wildlife comeback stories of all time.

Thousands of raptor fans are tuning into a livestream of bald eagles Jackie and Shadow and the three eggs they’re trying to hatch in a nest high up in a pine tree.