Bald eagles could find a home in New York, according to scientists. A wildlife scientist said that he had his eye on Fordham Road. He found eagle-friendly habitat that was created by the New York Botanical Garden and the Bronx Zoo.

Dan Rosenblatt, head of wildlife diversity at the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, said, "It is one of the few areas where you can actually get into some denser tree stands. They are looking for taller, more mature trees that are surrounded by continuous canopy".

Last month, bald eagle was seen in all of the five New York City boroughs. According to raptor experts, it could be just a matter of time before the national bird nests there. The sightings of the bird suggested that the population of the bird has been increasing. There was a time when the bird was listed as endangered in the United States.

This winter, several bird lovers had visited Inwood Hill Park at the northern tip of Manhattan to see scores of eagles fish in the Hudson River. Some amateur ornithologists also reported sightings of the bird in Jamaica Bay and Green-Wood Cemetery of Brooklyn. The sightings were reported through micro-blogging website Twitter. Some of the ornithologists also claimed that they saw the bird scouting Staten Island.

New York City Audubon Society spokesman Tod Winston said that this was the first time when so many people reported about bald-eagle sightings and it was exciting. Bald eagles excite anybody, birder or not, but birders are definitely excited, Winston added.

Bald eagles were almost eliminated from the New York state by the late 1960s. Now, there are about more than 600 eagles in the state, as per new draft report on the state's eagle-management program. Over 250 pairs of potential breeders have built nests from as far north as Buffalo and as far south as Long Island, the draft stated.