![]() ![]() State Highway 60 runs along the north side of the Lower Wisconsin River and has a few pull-offs including one just east of Boscobel.In the Sauk Prairie area, use the Ferry Bluff Eagle Council’s self-guided tour to find prime viewing sites along the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway.Great River Road maps show river crossings and Mississippi River locks and dams where you can pull off to watch for eagle activity in other areas, plus download their birding maps.People are invited to pull off on the wayside and use one of the viewing scopes to get a close up look. La Crosse Eagle Watch wayside, just south of Exit 3 on Interstate 90.Prairie du Chien area eagle viewing area map, Prairie du Chien Chamber of Commerce.Try these 16 sites along the Fox River from Neenah to Kaukauna and mapped by 1000 Islands Environmental Center.Please observe “closed area” signs during the roosting and breeding seasons to avoid disturbing eagles. When viewing eagles, please do not venture so close that you cause them to fly off and please stay in your car when in close proximity to them. The best time to see bald eagles is early morning (8-11 a.m.) as they move in from their nearby roost sites to actively feed along the river through the last one to two hours before dusk as they return to their roosts. Learn more: Prairie du Chien Area Chamber of Commerce Bald Eagle Appreciation Days in Prairie du Chien are held in February.Bald Eagle Watching Days in Sauk Prairie are held each January.Several Wisconsin communities typically offer bald eagle watching events in winter. They typically congregate along open water areas along the Wisconsin, Mississippi and Fox rivers. Help monitor nests from the ground in southern Wisconsin and the Fox Valley with Madison Audubon Society's and 1000 Islands Environmental Center through the Bald Eagle Nest Watch program.īald eagles from northern Wisconsin, Canada, northern Michigan and Minnesota move south in winter in search of open water where they can catch fish.Report suspected new, or “smallish” nests to the NHC field ecologist, particularly nests in Milwaukee County, the only county where no active nests have been documented. ![]() ![]() ![]() Citizens are playing a growing role in helping locate new nests and monitoring known nests. 71 of 72 Wisconsin counties now have documented active eagle nests. ![]()
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