In a field in Beale, Indiana, on Sept. 30, someone found a dead bald eagle. As sad as it was for that majestic creature to have died, the band it was wearing around it’s foot told a story of longevity. Bald eagles are back in Indiana. Dept. of Natural Resources non-game bird biologist Allison Gilette says there are over 300 nests throughout Indiana. That’s after most bald eagles in the Hoosier state died before the 1970s due a pesticide. The eagle that was found in Knox County had a band that indicated that not only are eagles living in Indiana, but they are living a long time — it was banded in 1998, and lived to be 21.