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Sun, 25 Jan 2009

Yesterday, Melody's science club at school went on a field trip and I went along as a chaperone. It was COLD but sunny and so was a perfect day to go to Eagle Days in Clarksville. In the winter, the confluence of the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers is generally the first open water that the eagles find as they migrate south, so a lot of eagles spend the winter here. Additionally, just below a dam is a good spot because the fish are stunned as they travel though and so are easier to catch. This is what we learned yesterday at Eagle days. We did go to Eagle days a couple of years ago, but the weather had been fairly warm then, so we only saw a few eagles. This year, we were told is the best in many years.A recent survey of the area counted about two thousand eagles. There were quite a few where we were yesterday and we watched them diving for fish.There were also a lot of white pelicans on the river. It was fun to watch them all  as we huddled by the fire to stay warm. We also went to a program where we saw eagles from the World Bird Sanctuary and watched a movie about eagles.

On the way home we saw all this neat ice beside the road.