Wyoming
I live in Gillette wy a friend and I went on a road trip dec. 22 to the bighorn mountains in our travels we spotted 14 bald eagles the next day we drove up the Broadus highway and saw 5 more bald eagles.
Doug Halfpop
I live in Gillette, WY and we have a fair year round population of Golden Eagles within a 100 mile radius of us here. We also have a
migratory population of Bald Eagles from Late November to early April
with approximately 25 reproducing pairs in this area. We also are seeing
more and more Bald Eagles staying longer and longer as well. There is a
Eagle preserve in Spearfish, SD (100 miles from Gillette) with between
3-8 pairs of mature Bald Eagles during this Nov. to April time frame. I
have sat and observed the adults teach the immature ones to catch the
thermals as well as to soar, dive, grab prey from the ground and return
to the sky to try again. I never tire of watching them.
The Casper, WY area along the Platte River also has a Bald Eagle
population during the same months of the year.
Courtesy of Gerry Hills
We saw several Bald Eagles near the West entrance to Yellowstone Park. Leaving the town of West Yellowstone driving east along the river we saw Bald Eagles, among other things, every day this last summer. We spent three weeks in the park and never failed to see at least one Eagle. Each sighting caused an "Eagle jam" as everyone stopped to experience these magnificent creatures.
Courtesy of Gerry Bob and Shari Graves |