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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 eagles at Milford Lake. Additional presentations both days will include raptors and owls of Kansas along with wildlife crafts for children.

In conjunction with Eagle Days, the Milford State Park is offering a "free entrance" day on Saturday only, January 17th for the public to view these national icons of freedom. On Sunday, the off-season vehicle entrance fee of $3.70 returns.

The Corps of Engineers will temporarily close the southern end of Lower Budden Road at the government boundary line and the low maintenance dirt road west of Lakeview Terrace off of U.S. Hwy. 77. This will help to keep vehicle and human traffic out of the areas to facilitate the viewing of bald eagles at the lake. The closure will be from Saturday, January 17th at 9 am to Sunday, January 18th at 5 pm.

For more information, please call 785-238-5714 or 785-238-LEAF. This event is co-sponsored by the Milford Nature Center, Milford State Park, Friends Group, B & B Busing and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.