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“The eagles have arrived on Lake Coeur d’Alene!” exclaims KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. ”As many as 100 bald eagles spend the month of December at Wolf Lodge Bay and Higgens Point to feed on Kokanee salmon before continuing their southern migration. Higgens Point has eagle viewing informational kiosks and public parking right at lake’s edge. Eagle photographs HERE.” More OnLocation North Idaho here.
Question: Do you visit Higgens Point and Wolf Lodge Bay each year to see the eagles?
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Tumblewords on December 11 at 4:20 p.m.
Yes, indeed. It’s an extraordinary sight to watch them spin in and out of trees and to see them fly with a Kokanee clasped in their talons. Unfortunately, my photos are never as good as KerriT’s so I’m doubly happy that she shares hers.
Stickman on December 11 at 5:03 p.m.
Every single day. If you don’t have a clue, then go, and report back.
hhuseland on December 11 at 7:13 p.m.
We here in Bayview have a couple of bald eagles that avoid the crowd on Lake cda. Scenic bay has a pair and perhaps more that regularly hang out here because, we too have a substantial shorline spawn thanks to Bob Holland going the extra mile to improve twice the area that his hired tug guys ruined. this year they are all over the place.
hhuseland on December 11 at 7:14 p.m.
delete obscene
hmoffsuite on December 11 at 7:19 p.m.
We have two eagle nests by our place in Casco Bay. They are remarkable and impressive to watch. When they pick a fish out of the lake, it is a joy to watch, as stickman would say. Fun watching the Eagles and the Osprey interact with each other.
hhuseland on December 11 at 9:03 p.m.
@ hmodffsuite: That thing about the bald eagles and ospreys interacting with each other is interesting. could you expound on that? Are they cooperating with each other, fighting over kokanee? What?
hmoffsuite on December 12 at 6:08 a.m.
Herb. I have seen them fighting over the fish. One might pick a fish out of the water and the other, usually the Osprey, will come and take it out of the Eagles grasp. Have seen that happen a couple of times and would have to say the Osprey are tougher than the Eagles, actually. Could be just those two that I saw tho. The Osprey are of equal size to the eagles and are hard to distinguish except they have white bellies, not brown like the eagle
Arpie on December 12 at 8:38 a.m.
This week we’ve had over a dozen hanging out at the north end of Long Bridge. As the weather got colder the water holes the coots were in got smaller. 6-7 eagles at a time were hovering over a 2o foot diameter hole filled with ducks and slowly picking them off. Yesterday two eagles escorted our car into and through town to work- twenty feet in front of us-I swear. What a thrill, We felt like royalty. A great way to start the day.
wheels on December 12 at 1:20 p.m.
For those of U that have never witnessed this it is a MUST SEE,and it’s a Freebie(rip) IMO one of the grandest events in CDA ever.