(TELLER COUNTY, Colo.) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s Southeast Region posted a video of a bald eagle feasting on lunch on Thursday, July 25 in Teller County and shared that bald eagles are rebounding from near extinction.

According to CPW, bald eagles are scattered across North America, in wetland habitats near large bodies of water such as rivers and reservoirs. In 2007, bald eagles were removed from the Federal list of endangered species and were placed on a lower priority but not removed from Colorado’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need in 2015.

CPW said during Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas 1 from 1987 to 1994 there were only 14 breeding pairs which has grown to 148 pairs during Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas 2 from 2007 to 2011.

Bald eagles prefer wetlands with tall trees and open water with fish, as bald eagles are opportunistic foragers and though they prefer fish, they will eat small mammals and birds. CPW shared the management recommendations for bald eagles such as maintaining water levels and vegetation to give eagles the best habitat for hunting and breeding.