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Idaho State Police are cautioning eagle watchers at Lake Coeur d’Alene not to stop in the middle of the roadway on state Highway 97, or they risk getting a ticket.
Some motorists have been stopping in the travel lanes along the two-lane highway that runs from Wolf Lodge Bay down the east side of the lake to Harrison. It creates a safety hazard for other motorists.
As a result, police have increased patrols in the area and are writing tickets for the violations. Highway 97 has a limited number of pull offs for stopping. Read More.
Really? People stop in the middle of the highway to watch eagles? Gosh, please use some common sense out there.
What would you stop in the middle of a highway to gawk at?
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zelda on December 29 at 11:50 a.m.
Here’s another hazard of eagle watching. Some friends, both inveterate bird watchers and nature photogs, drove over to Lake CDA yesterday. One of the majestically soaring eagles unloosed its bowels right over her heard. She ended up with eagle poop in her hair, on her coat and all over her camera. Kind of ruined the experience for them, as you can imagine.
Bent on December 29 at 12:45 p.m.
So true Zelda… and man they can dump a load too.
We were walking up on Higgens Point a couple of years back and all of a sudden about 50 feet in front of us it looked like someone dumped a gallon of white paint out of a tree… I looked up to realize it was an eagle that had relieved itself… thank goodness it wasn’t on us!!
Howard_Martinson on December 29 at 12:59 p.m.
What would you stop in the middle of a highway to gawk at?
Maybe DFO, Dick Cheney or Jerry Springer…in the buff. I can’t think of anything else.
KevinTaylor on December 29 at 2:11 p.m.
fireman calendars? Just sayin’
Don_Sausser on December 29 at 3:39 p.m.
What would you stop in the middle of a highway to gawk at?
Cindy in a bikini.
Cindy_H on December 29 at 3:42 p.m.
@Don: Oh the horror!
@Kevin: Nah. Now the actually firemen? I’d brake alright…maybe even feign some sort of medical emergency…