bald eagle day

we had a fun field trip last week to keokuk.

started out at the mall listening to a DNR employee give a short question/answer type talk.

moved on to the movie theater to listen to more DNR employee's give a wonderful presentation on several birds including the bald eagle.

sofie and her friends ayden and kendall

during the presentation some of the birds were able to fly through the room.

before this happened they announced that the birds were not potty trained.  lia immediately put her hood up. 

sofie and i talked about how fun it would be to have a job as a dnr

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waiting for the birds to fly over

here is the hooded vultcher

they told us not to stand up or the birds would fly right at us--most of us naturally sunk down into our seats.

here's the beautiful bald eagle

both girls brought their camera's and took several photos

this was the nest on display showing the actual size of a bald eagle nest

then we headed down to the river to see more bald eagles.  they estimate 400-500 are living there right now.

have i mentioned how much i would love to get a new camera that can actually zoom!

this would have been a great photo of a bald eagle. 

sofie getting a good look at some eagles.

mornings are the best time to see them but we were able to see a few in the mid-afternoon. 

lia really enjoyed her day.  she loves hands-on-learning!