The bald eagle has landed in the U.S. code after President Joe Biden signed a bill Tuesday making the predator the official national bird.Congress passed the measure with unanimous support.Although the bird of prey is at the center of the Great Seal of the United States,

After long being an unofficial symbol, the white head, yellow beak bald eagle became the official U.S. bird on Christmas Eve. President Biden signed 50 bills into law Tuesday. Among them was Senate bill 4610,

Despite the American Bald Eagle’s association with the United States for over 200 years, the symbol was just that – a symbol – until this week.