If you go in search of eagles

BALD EAGLE EVENTS ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: Click "Bald Eagle Days" at www.missriver.org. To see a video of eagles from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, go to www.iowadnr.com/video/index.html.

• Eagle Watch at the Quad City Expo Center, Rock Island, Ill.; 309-794-5338. Weekends through Feb. 18, Saturdays and Sundays at 9:30 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.; $4 adults, $1 for children.

• Bald Eagle Days, in Keokuk, Iowa; 800-383-1219. Live eagle programs on Jan. 20, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., and Jan. 21, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., with indoor programs at the River City Mall and outdoor bird-watching on the riverfront. Free.

• Bald Eagle Watch, Mississippi Valley Welcome Center, LeClaire, Iowa; 563-322-3911, ext. 120. Outdoor viewing at Lock and Dam 14, Jan. 27, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and Jan. 28, 1 and 4 p.m. Indoor programs, Jan. 27, 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, and Jan. 28, 1, 2 and 3 p.m.

• Bald Eagle Watch, Quincy, Iowa; 217-228-0890. Outdoor viewing Jan. 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Lock and Dam 21.

• Bald Eagle Watch, Lake Red Rock, Iowa; 641-828-7522. Outdoor viewing at Howell Station and indoor programs, Feb. 9-10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free.

• Bald Eagle Watch, Saylorville, Iowa; 515-276-4656. Outdoor viewing at selected sites around the reservoir, starting at the visitors' center, Feb. 25.

DESOTO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE: www.fws.gov/midwest/desoto/

U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE: Places to see bald eagles at www.fws.gov/refuges/generalinterest/viewingBaldEagles.html. Listings include:

• Klamath Basin Refuges, Tulelake, Calif., which the wildlife service says hosts the largest winter concentration of bald eagles in the lower 48; drive the Tule Lake and Lower Klamath auto tours for viewing.

• Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, Va., where wintering usually eagles feed in the Great Marsh.

• Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Md., where 200 bald eagles typically spend the winter.

• Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, Crystal River, Fla., where bald eagles usually winter on the banks of the Chassahowitzka River. Visitors can take boat tours, rent canoes or bring their own boats.

• Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Ridgefield, Wash., where dozens of eagles are typically seen through March.

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