Milford Lake Eagle Days 2009

Posted: 06 Jan 2009
The 20th annual Milford Lake Eagle Days are scheduled for the weekend of January 17 and 18. Activities for both days are open to the public and free of charge. The program will be held at the Milford Nature Center, which is located below the Milford Lake Dam. Each day there will be speakers, live bird presentations, and the ever-popular free 1-hour bus trips to nearby locations at the lake to observe bald eagles in the wild.

The live bird presentations will include both a bald eagle and golden eagle that are permanently housed at the Prairie Park Nature Center in Lawrence, Kansas. Both birds were injured and cannot be returned to the wild due to the nature of their injuries. Photography is allowed.

On Saturday, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from Manhattan, Kansas will be giving updates on Kansas nesting bald eagles and on Sunday, a Wildlife Biologist with the Environmental Division from Fort Riley will give a presentation on the nesting pair of e ... Full Story