[mou] Christmas Eagles

[Chet Meyers]

Today Miriam and I drove my sister Barbara 'down river' to see some eagles.
There was plenty of open water in Redwing's Colville Park area and lots of 
excellent photo opportunities with bald eagles diving for fish in the open 
water... eighteen eagles in all, along with common mergansers, common 
golden-eye (no Barrow's), mallards, and a pair of black ducks. We continued 
down to Reed's Landing and were greeted by another 50 or so bald eagles. I'm 
sure there were many more eagles, but we were just enjoying the day and not 
trying for a high count. A nice way to spend a Christmas afternoon.  Holiday 
greetings to all MN birders.