Oh, Darn!!
@GardenGerty (169452)
United States
January 2, 2019 9:38am CST
As you can see, the "Dam Road is closed ahead". This is at the reservoir. We went for a New Year's drive. One of our traditions.
The Army Corps of Engineers is working on a project on the dam this winter.
The eagles do not care.
Eagles nest around the lake and the reservoir in our area in the winter. The purpose of our drive was to look for eagles.
We found them. However our camera is not good enough to get a good shot.
The birds are beautiful as they soar up over the lake and touch down looking for fish. We also saw them sitting in trees.
We were able to go drive around the lake, just not over that dam road. Darn it.
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@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
2 Jan 19
There is so much to see when we look outdoors. We have hawks, possibly falcons, I am not sure. Eagles are only here in the winter.
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@LadyDuck (502337)
• Italy
2 Jan 19
@GardenGerty There are many different birds in the sky.
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@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
2 Jan 19
Eagles are at an advantage not relying on road. I understand that if they have a successful nest, they return to the same spot. It was really a treat to watch them.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
5 Jan 19
@GardenGerty True - and it may have actually helped them to have that road closed so as not to be disturbed.
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@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
8 Jan 19
@much2say My friend who is a photographer, with good cameras, has gotten good shots of them in this area for years. Maybe the slower traffic is good for them this year, though.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
5 Jan 19
what a lovely way to spend the afternoon ... shame your camera could not capture them... I can see eagles soaring in the mountains just behind us... but as I live near the sea ... soI get to watch the sea gulls and cormorants. ... which I enjoy also....
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@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
8 Jan 19
I was going to look up cormorants. Can't remember if I did. I had wondered if we had them in Kansas. We have "lake gulls" in the summer. They love to come eat the bugs after the farmers plough.
@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
2 Jan 19
These are bald eagles. The national bird of the United States. They prefer fish as their prey and are often seen around waterways.
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@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
8 Jan 19
@Fleura Yes, they like it up there. So many lakes and rivers.
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@Fleura (34957)
• United Kingdom
2 Jan 19
@GardenGerty They are beautiful. I once saw a group of them at Red Wing in the Mississippi valley, MN.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
2 Jan 19
Stinks it was closed but glad you still saw them
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@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
2 Jan 19
Oh, it was just one road. There were details on how to detour.
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@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
2 Jan 19
What kind of birds are around where you live?
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@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
8 Jan 19
@responsiveme I bet the parrots are colorful. I will have to look up the koels.
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@FourWalls (86625)
• United States
3 Jan 19
What a cute sign. Too bad about that dam road.
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@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
8 Jan 19
Oh, the next screen posted the detour route.
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@wolfgirl569 (135664)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Jan 19
At least you still got to see the eagles. Love the sign 
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@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
2 Jan 19
We were not happy about the road but the sign did tickle us.
@GardenGerty (169452)
• United States
8 Jan 19
At least there was a detour. Yes, some people "see red" but I tend to "see orange". I was a school bus driver for many years.
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