Somehow my learning journey seems like it will never be done. And thank goodness for that! One winter, for instance, after I’d lived over 5 years in Kansas, I was looking through a course schedule for a local community center. I was totally surprised to discover that I could go on a trip of an hour or so and find myself in a place where droves of American Bald Eagles gather to fish. I ended up on a really fun minibus trip with an interesting group of people who really enjoyed meeting and talking with my kids. We felt the same way about meeting them. Our trip was to one of the Eagle Days events, celebrated in Kansas with activities for the kids and educational talks to help the whole family learn about eagles.
Here was me thinking that Bald Eagles were some kind of elusive, solitary creature which was hard to spot! Apparently the eagles migrate to find open water to fish in. According to BaldEagleInfo.com our magnificent national bird migrates in streams of birds which spread for upto 30 miles, with birds being spaced about 1/2 mile apart. I’ve also heard that they migrate down the Missouri river as it freezes over and reach St Louis.
So, if you ever wanted to see an American Bald Eagle, or two, or hundreds… Just be sure to take a good set of binoculars and hope for a sunny day to give you a really clear view.
Have you seen an American Bald Eagle flying free?
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Eagles are all the news here right now, they’re passing a law not to feed them or something.
Scribbit, now that’s interesting. I shall have to see what I can find out. Guess where this eagle photo was taken – Anchorage, Alaska! I guess you must have a good number there.
We’ve seen eagles flying over the Hudson river, and it is the most awesome sight! We’ve tried to take pictures but we just are not nimble enough. My son, however, has gotten some terrific pictures of them sitting in trees near the nature center.
I’ve always said it is impossible for a picture to do justice to the actual sighting of a soaring eagle.
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I’ll never forget the first time I saw an eagle. It was a Golden Eagle though – they don’t have American Bald Eagles in Scotland
Thanks for sharing Christina.
We saw bald eagles in Vancouver on our honeymoon. It was very exciting.
I’ve read everything but I need to comment, because you know I just have to.
I’m sort of back. I’m trying to go back and read all the blog posts I’ve missed in the last couple of months. You people have been busy.
Janet, welcome back. I await your comments with anticipation. You’ve been missed! And thanks for sharing about seeing eagles on your honeymoon. Only a lover of nature would count that as one of their honeymoon high points