Bald Eagles Spotted Nesting in DeRidder I was sent this picture yesterday by a buddy of mine. While checking on the family farm, he looked up into one of the trees and saw a giant nest with two bald eagles. Eagles in Louisiana? Well, they're more common than you might actually realize. Florida is considered to be the hot spot for bald eagles to nest in. It currently has more nesting bald eagles than any other state. In the 1970s, due to DDT, the population of the bald eagle began to dwindle heavily. After the government banned it, the population slowly began to trickle back. Now here we are with the eagle population on the rise as a result of conservation and observation of the great bird.