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Reader photos: The birds of winter

This homeowner on Lake Coeur d’Alene, near Wolf Lodge Bay, decorated their Christmas tree with an impressive collection of 30 bald eagles this year. There were another dozen gathered on the beach at the base of the tree. (Craig Goodwin / Courtesy)
This homeowner on Lake Coeur d’Alene, near Wolf Lodge Bay, decorated their Christmas tree with an impressive collection of 30 bald eagles this year. There were another dozen gathered on the beach at the base of the tree. (Craig Goodwin / Courtesy)
From staff reports

Birds. Birds. Birds.

Spokane-area photographer Craig Goodwin captured a convocation of eagles in one tree on Lake Coeur d’Alene, near Wolf Lodge Bay.

Meanwhile, Joanie Christian, another local photographer, spotted this song sparrow perched in a crab apple tree full of berries in her yard.

And Cortney Litwin caught a snowy owl flying over a farm in Lincoln County on Dec. 3, 2017.

While many birds may seem frail and ill-suited to survive frigid winter temperatures, the truth is they’re masters at surviving cold weather.

Read Rich Lander’s 2016 blog “Birds fluff up and take winter cold in stride” for more information.

Web extra: Submit your own outdoors-related photos for a chance to be published in our weekly print edition and

Browse our archive of past reader submissions online at www.spokesman.com/outdoors.