This has been a banner year for New Jersey’s bald eagles, with the highest number of active nests and young fledged in the history of the N.J. Bald Eagle Project, spearheaded for a decade by biologists at Conserve Wildlife Foundation of N.J. and the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Endangered and Nongame Species Program.

According to CWF, 238 eagle nests were monitored this year, of which 189 were active (laid eggs), and 248 eaglets fledged.