The National Eagle Center is offering Golden Eagle Field Trips to learn more about golden eagles and the chance to see them in the wild. Each field trip begins with a brief classroom session learning tips for identifying golden eagles. Participants then caravan out to a field site to observe golden eagles in the wild led by experienced golden eagle watcher and NEC Education Director, Scott Mehus. Field trips being at the National Eagle Center at 1:00pm. Upcoming dates for Golden Eagle Field trips: January 13th, 2012 and February 4th, 2012. Contact Scott Mehus, Golden Eagle Project Co-coordinator to sign up, scott@nationaleaglecenter.org or 651-565-4989.
The 8th Annual Wintering Golden Eagle Survey will take place on Saturday, January 21st. Volunteer observers will comb the blufflands looking for golden eagles. Past surveys have documented approximately 100 golden eagles wintering in the blufflands of southeast Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northeast Iowa. Participant should have attended at least one of the golden eagle field trips, be able to identify a variety of raptors and plan to spend 4-6 hours in their survey area. Contact Scott Mehus, scott@nationaleaglecenter.org or 651-565-4989.
