LAST WORD

We should feel right at home. It’s just like a big family reunion.”

Eagles defensive end Bryan Braman, taking comfort in Minnesota’s robust eagle population. An estimated 65 pairs of adult bald eagles live in Minneapolis and neighboring St. Paul, and Minnesota’s bald eagle population, an estimated 2,300 pairs of adults, is larger than that of any state in the country except Alaska, according to Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources. That’s more than nine times the estimated number of adult bald eagles living in the Eagles’ home state, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.