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Our first ever outing to the popular spot on Lake C d'Alene to view these amazing birds! Martin and I thought it would be a fun family adventure -- and it was! We were already out in the Valley at The Hub for Audriana's Snowball Tournament (indoor soccer), so after that was over, we drove out to Coeur 'd'Alene. We were all starving, so we stopped in at Paul Bunyan's Burgers and had hamburgers, fries, tater tots, and ice cream shakes -- healthy, I know, but it was a treat that we don't normally do. With our tummies full, we drove out on I 90 to the Wolf Lodge/Harrison exit. Just a mile or so off of the exit you see the parking lot full of cars and people looking up into the sky with their cameras, binoculars, and telescopes. They even had a makeshift Ranger station out there with educational material about the Eagles. The bald eagles are there for only a few weeks in December to feed on the Kokanee salmon. They are majestic -- huge -- birds. It was so cold out there, that we couldn't stay for long, but we did get to look through the Rangers telescope and see one of the bald eagles nesting up in a tree (that was so awesome!). We also got to see about 50 or so of the birds circling up around the lake -- although, we never saw any of the birds dip down to get a salmon.
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