The Bradenton Police Department made a fitting animal rescue on Presidents Day. A bald eagle, now named Freedom, was rescued by Bradenton police officers with the aid of the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center Inc. and two “eagle-eyed” individuals, according to the police department.

A bald eagle was released on Thursday after Gainesville police rescued the bird from a dumpster this month.

A bald eagle was rescued by New York City police after getting stuck on a floating chunk of ice in the Hudson River Tuesday.

Freedom and Liberty, the two wild bald eagles featured on the Blue Springs, Missouri Eagle Cam, laid a third egg on Feb. 16, President's Day. A coincidence, the birds' fans enjoyed. The pair of patriotically-named bald eagles laid two more eggs earlier this month, per NBC affiliate WFLA. Bald eagles are the national bird of the U.S.

The largest raptor, or bird of prey, most commonly found in Minnesota is the bald eagle, according to experts at the University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center. (The last statewide bald eagle nest survey, in 2005, found that there were more than 1,300 pairs nesting in the state, and the population has been on the rise since.)

“He likes to watch the birds in the trees out of our window at home, so seeing something this large up close is a big deal.”

A bald eagle that was rescued from vines in the Weeki Wachee River was released after rehabilitation for 49 days, the Raptor Center of Tampa Bay announced. “Weeki Wachee,” also