Missouri
Sighted 8 to 10 sitting in the trees and doing acrobatics in the air next to the Mississippi in West Quincy, Missouri. They must be on their way to the Bald Eagle Days in Keokuk, Iowa!
Vicky Carson
We saw a beautiful Bald Eagle yesterday, January 2, 2008 in central Missouri, just south of New Haven, which is along the Missouri river. While we were driving down Highway C he was flying just above the treetops and it was a very cold day with a bright blue sky and the temperature was in the teens. He was unmistakable with his bright white tail and white head against the clear blue sky. An awesome sight!
Lois Aichholz
I live in Gladstone, MO and work in Overland Park, Ks. I travel to work daily across the Interstate 635 bridge over the MO & Kansas rivers. Almost daily there is a family of 4-5 eagles on the MO River bridge, 2 immatures, 2 adults. There are 2 just east of the 635 bridge over the Kansas River, in the same tree on the south side of the river. I have had them swoop from under the bridge up to the bridge within 20 feet of my car! I nearly passed out!
Tim Tunstill
I know there are several reported bald eagle sightings in the SW MO region but I may have a different one. It is located 5.1 miles west of Washburn, MO on Hwy 90. I must have seen at least 30 bald eagles roosting in the treees and flying around Christmas day. It was amazing.
Melissa Briggs
I Just had two fly by my house on the Missouri River in St Joseph Missouri, They rested for a while then one took off and went North on the river. The other one stayed for about 30 min and then went across the river for a while, then just took off North. I hope I get to see them again! They were beautiful! 12/2/2007
Claudia Daum
I had a bald eagle sighting yesterday (11-18-07).
My name is Claire Chosid and I live in Creve Coeur, Missouri. We're a suburb of St. Louis, Mo. I must implore that we're not near open water or large lakes. We have a few small ponds, nothing of any size that would attract an eagle. I have a very old cottonwood tree in my back yard. It might be 100 years old and the tallest tree in the area. Yesterday, I was taking out the trash, looked at my cottonwood tree and spied a pair of eagles. I'm going to assume that it was a mated pair as one was well smaller than the other. I have a resident red-tailed hawk that hangs out in the cottonwood, but I freaked out when I saw the eagles. I was astounded by the contrast of the white head and tail and the dark brown body. I ran inside to get my camera and started shooting. Unfortunately, it was cloudy, but the photos are still pretty awesome. I emailed them to the NBC affiliate in St. Louis and they ran them on the 5 o'clock news. The local paper will run my photos on Wednesday. I can email them if you'd like to use them.
All in all, it was an amazing day. I got a few shots of them sitting, then I got one of the male taking off, then about 10 shots of them circling my house. We have acre lots here, they circled for 5 minutes and were gone. I am blessed to have witnessed such an awesome event. Five years ago I had Great Horned Owls nest in the trees behind my pool. I got to watch them grow and learn to fly. I thought it wouldn't get any better than that for this bird watcher. But it did. Truly a once in a lifetime event!
Claire Chosid
It is just after sunset and I was taking my dogs outon Jan 18th, 2007. I
saw a bald eagle circling. I landed in a tree across the street from my
house in a park. It is a small park in the middle of residential Kansas
City named Iser Park right at the corner of 112th Terrace and Sycamore.
John Ferguson
This is the First time ever that I've seen 2 Bald Eagles together in the wild,
on the same tree,even
I am local cable guy here, and was working on a ladder just next to elk river. All of the sudden, one lands within 100 foot of me in a large tree. Before I can get down, I look up and I thought it left, but it was a second one hovering over the tree. It landed next to the first. Side by side. Got my camera and took a great picture. Like I said, this is something I have never seen in the wild. And to be our national bird, It was Awesome.!!!
Charles Harvey
January 28-29th 2006 is the Clarksville Missouri Eagle Days events... The River Heritage Center & Visitor Center has siting scopes and there are lots of events
planned that weekend.. Courtesy of Kimberly
When I was in Boy Scouts we used to go to a place in northwest Missouri called Squaw Creek. It is off of I-29 near the small town of Rock Port. They have an Eagle Day also (not sure of the exact name or date) in November sometime. They usually report about 70 or so bald eagles at that time and it is a great place to see other wildlife as well. Courtesy of Stephen Sample
Two adult bald eagles along the north bank of the Missouri River in north Kansas City, Missouri. They can be seen in the trees from Levee Rd. where it turns into Warren St. Courtesy of Phil Shahan
Missouri provides many excellent Winter places for sighting Bald Eagles,
including the Mississippi River from St. Louis north. There are reportedly a
few permanent nests in Missouri, but the prime period for seeing these
majestic birds is mid-November through early March. The exact timing and
numbers of birds depends upon the weather. The place I have found to be best
for quantity and quality of viewing is at Clarksville, Missouri (West bank of
the Mississippi), located at Lock and Dam #24. Clarksville is about 70 miles
Northwest of St. Louis downtown and Highway 79 is an easy drive through
beautiful riverbottom farmlands. Once at Clarksville, locate the Clarksville
Visitor Center on Highway 79 at the North edge of town, near the dam and
locks. There you will find excellent displays of wildlife information and
memorabilia, PLUS a near-perfect spot (you choose inside or outside) to view
the eagles.
In recent years, we have had day counts of as few as 25 birds (very warm
winter without enough ice to drive them this far South) and as high as over
400. These birds nest in the trees across the river for the large part, but
regularly fly across the river and into trees very near the viewing site,
offering close range views of flying Bald Eagles -- a sight you will not
forget. For further information, contact: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Riverlands Area Office, P.O. Box 558, Clarksville, MO 63336, (573) 242-3724.
Via internet, contact the Missouri Department of Conservation at
http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/birds/baldegle/
Other Missouri Prime wintering locations for eagles include: Lake of the
Ozarks @ Bagnell Dam Access, east of Bagnell; Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area
@Route K, southwest of Columbia; Lock & Dam 25 @East of Winfield; Mingo
National Wildlife Refuge @Northwest of Puxico; Riverlands Environmental
Demonstration Area @East of West Alton; Schell-Osage Conservation Area @North
of El Dorado Springs; Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge @South of Mound
City; Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge @South of Summer; Table Rock Lake &
Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery @Southwest of Branson; and Truman
Reservoir @West of Warsaw. Plan a visit to one, or all, of these locations
this winter and watch for eagles perching in large trees along the edges of
rivers or lakes.
For info, go to: http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/birds/eagles/
Yours for excellent viewing, Ben Bradshaw, Kimmswick/Imperial, MO. 11.28.2002
I saw a bald eagle feeding on a deer carcass on my farm. I live in Bethany, Missouri and I saw the eagle about two miles west of town. Courtesy of Charley Spillman
I have seen several (approximately 25-30) bald eagles around the Dora, Missouri area as well as around the Wasola, Missouri area near Rockbridge Trout Ranch in the last three years. Courtesy of KRISTINA FRAZIER
We live in NE Missouri (North of Kirksville) and were visited by several eagles today. A pair landed in a tree on our farm, followed an hour later by a young bird not yet bald. They left together after remaining in the tree about an hour. Courtesy of Roger Rosenberg
December 31, 2005
St. Charles Mo. My family and I have been privileged to observe several single bald eagles very close to our house, which is in the river bottoms. I have observed several single bald eagles over the highways, primarily by the Missouri River between ST. Charles and St. Louis Counties over the last several months.
We went to Winfield to specifically look for bald eagles and we were thrilled to see and hear several of them in the air and one sitting in a tree. At about lunchtime they were flying on the Illinois side of the river by the ferry dock. One was perched on the Missouri side between the dam and the ferry. Bring your binoculars.
Courtesy of The Maltzman family, St. Charles Mo.
On Saturday, January 7th we were at our Truman lake cabin close to Warsaw, Missouri. I always walk my dogs down to the lake first thing, usually between 6:30 & 7 am, getting light but not sun up yet. We were on our walk and even before I got down to the water I could see a white something in one of the dead trees at the edge of the lake. The dogs were over in the tall grass so I continued on down slowly and as quiet as possible, knowing what it MIGHT be. Sure enough a majestic bald eagle was just sitting there. I sat right where I was and just waited for him to take off, knowing he wouldn't stay around. In a few minutes when the group of small ducks took off, so did he. Our neighbors who have lived on the lake for years have told us there has been 3 eagles come back to this cove area for the last 4/5 years.
So now I will always bring my "spy glasses" with me and have started to log when I see "him". I am going to have to read up on the feeding habits and such just so I know what I might expect. I feel very honored and privileged to see this great bird right in my back yard!. Courtesy of Martha Fann, Racket Missouri
Over the weekend on our way through Smithville, Missouri we saw the sign for "Eagle Days." We were curious as to what it was so we decided to check it out. On Sunday, we went and watched the presentation with an injured bald eagle and then headed to see what we could find on our own. That day we saw five flying in the wild. We enjoyed it so much, we decided to make another trip there today. The first one we saw was less than 200 feet from us with a perfect view of it sitting in the dead tree in the cove. After watching him for 15-20 minutes, we decided to try our luck somewhere else in the area. We moved on along and near the marina we found a smaller mature bald eagle and what we believe to be a juvenile that had not gotten all his white.
After the two of them flew off, we moved on to another location and saw our last one perched in a dead tree near the shore line. This was a great day for us and we have now decided that we will visit that spot again tomorrow to see if they are still in the area. Wish us luck!!! (We've not downloaded our pictures yet, but hopefully we will have a sighting to report tomorrow and we will include photos then.)
(These sightings were at Smithville Lake in Smithville, Missouri.)
Courtesy of Stacey, Brendon, Shelly, Dina and Oza
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