From Deseret News archives:
Cybertrips: Organize a trip around winter bald eagle watching
You've got time to make plans for visiting the Jan. 26-27 Upper Skagit Bald Eagle Festival tinyurl.com/yor3eo in the northwest corner of Washington state, between Puget Sound and North Cascades National Park. The schedule includes regional entertainers, demonstrations and bird presentations. How likely are you to see bald eagles? Click on "Eagle County" in the upper left corner of the page for the census results in the area.
Wait until Feb. 15-17 and you can take in the Balde Eagle Festival (the "balde" spelling dates to the 1700s) www.eaglefestival.com in the area of Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in central Washington. They say the winter population of the birds in the area is "upwards of 300." For more information on the area, the Grand Coulee Dam Chamber of Commerce www.grandcouleedam.org has links to places to stay and recreation in the area.
Elsewhere in the Northwest, try the Winter Wings Festivals www.winterwingsfest.org at Klamath Falls, Ore., for eagles and other birds attracted to the Klamath Basin in south-central Oregon and northern California. The organizers say the area has the largest winter concentration of bald eagles in the Lower 48 states. For places to stay and links to other informative Web sites, click on "Resources."
In the Midwest, stretches of the Mississippi River that remain unfrozen provide numerous gathering places for eagles and watchers. The Mississippi River Project has an outline tinyurl.com/2o7the of spots and events along the Iowa and Illinois riverbanks. There are more eagle-watching spots in Illinois www.greatriverroad.com/Eagles/eagleViews.htm including Pere Marquette State Park, Illinois biggest state park, and the Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge.
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