Utah
I noticed in the directory, where you list where to find eagles in many states, that you don't mention Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area (WMA) in Davis County, UT. This is located just a few miles north of Salt Lake City, UT and directly west of Bountiful, UT. This is on the shores of the Great Salt Lake. According to Bill Fennimore, owner of the Wild Bird Center, Layton, UT and a local birding expert, Utah has one of the largest wintering populations of bald eagles in the lower 48, if not the largest. And Farmington Bay WMA has the largest concentration of eagles within Utah. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has an annual Bald Eagle Day in February at several different locations in Utah, where they set up spotting scopes, give field trips and educate the public about eagles.
Bill Fennimore led a birding field trip to Farmington Bay in February, 2005, in which they counted 408 eagles in one day. It is not unusual to see over 100 eagles within a 2 mile stretch, inside the refuge in late January and early February. The eagles are attracted by carp. The water levels in the waterfowl management ponds are drawn way down and they are poisoned with rotenone. The carp are killed because they stir up the water and muck. The turbid water from carp rooting around does not allow light to penetrate to the bottom so that the "desirable" plants for waterfowl can thrive and feed the numerous ducks, geese and tundra swans that migrate through the area. Rotenone causes the fish to die of asphyxiation because they can't absorb oxygen. It isn't harmful for humans or animals to eat the fish immediately afterwards. (This is the substance fish and wildlife agencies in many states use to poison trash fish in many lakes throughout the U.S.) Courtesy of Ted Steinke
I live in Heber City, Utah. My 8 year old first spotted the bald eagle while on a drive down Provo Canyon. Since then, we have seen it multiple times. Usually, it is in the same old tree, but occasionally we have seen it flying along the river. Courtesy of Rebecca Chipman
If you are traveling along state route 36 south of Tooele you can see quite a few eagles near Rush Lake and in Faust. In faust near Vernont they are nesting on the power pole. Last March there was a huge nest behind the BLM in Vernon. Happy Viewing!! Courtesy of Betsy Tueller
Another site for bald eagles is in the Willard Bay area of the Great Salt Lake, Utah. This part of the lake is dyked off from the rest of the lake and is fresh water. The eagles come here from about December to late March to feed on the fish in the bay. When the bay occasionally freezes over, the eagles move up to the Weber River where they have a reliable food source. Courtesy of Adam Hook |