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Eagle Days
by Pam Rotella
20 January 2014
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The 2014 Bald Eagle Watching Days was held Friday and Saturday in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. The event featured eagle watching bus tours, raptor presentations, speakers, children's activities, and the release of rehabilitated raptors at the Wisconsin River.

Bald eagle fishes in the Wisconsin River during a blizzard, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, 18 January 2014.  Photo by Pam Rotella
A bald eagle fishes during a blizzard in the Wisconsin River, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, 18 January 2014. Photo by Pam Rotella.


Prairie du Sac is a natural winter habitat for bald eagles, with the Wisconsin River and Lake Wisconsin providing open water for fishing most of the year.

A rehabilitated eagle is released at V.F.W. Memorial Park, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, 18 January 2014.  Photo by Pam Rotella
A rehabilitated eagle is released over the Wisconsin River during Eagle Days, V.F.W. Memorial Park , Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. Photo by Pam Rotella.


Raptor show, 18 January 2014.  Photo by Pam Rotella
Raptor show at Bald Eagle Watching Days, photo by Pam Rotella.




All original content including photographs © 2014 by Pam Rotella.