The fact that the eagle-watchers far outnumbered the eagles did little to dampen the viewers’ enthusiasm at the Eagle Day Festival on Saturday at Lake Pueblo State Park.
“I came to see the eagles,” Dave Jones of Pueblo West proclaimed.
And Jones, along with hundreds of other eagle fans, got their chance. Saturday morning’s cold and mist meant the half-dozen or so bald eagles that spend the winter around the reservoir stayed put, making it easy for spotting scopes to zoom in on them.
“It’s a good year for eagles,” said John Koshak, watchable wildlife coordinator for the Colorado Division of Wildlife, which sponsors the annual festival. “The colder it is up north, the better it is for us for eagles.”
About 1,200 eagles spend the winter in Colorado, seeking open water where they can feast on dead fish, Koshak said. The birds begin arriving in early winter and stay until early spring. The Gazette
