AR-News: (US) The bald eagle is back, and a major tourist attraction in many states

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Birdwatchers bring millions into the coffers of local businesses
A bald eagle sits in a tree on the shore of the Potomac River near Washington 

By Michael Conlon
 
Updated: 7:50 a.m. ET Feb. 10, 2004
GUTTENBERG, Iowa - Motorists on an Iowa highway suddenly brake to gawk when 
two bald eagles land in the frosty corn stubble of a farm field. 


On a lake in Wisconsin, startled ice fishermen watch one of the snowy-headed 
birds swoop talons-first onto the frozen surface to scoop up cold-stiffened 
bait minnows abandoned on the ice. 
And in Guttenberg, an old town of limestone buildings tucked beneath the 
Mississippi River bluffs, diners at a restaurant can barely keep their eyes off 
the view out the windows where 50 or more of the majestic birds wheel above the 
water, roost in trees or circle open water below a lock and dam seeming almost 
within arm's reach as they search for food. 



full story:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4107026/ 

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