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Thu., Nov. 10, 2016

Video details bald eagle viewing hot spots on Lake CdA

Map shows prime areas for bald eagle watching and photography during the annual November-January gathering of eagles that feed on spawning kokanee around Lake Coeur d'Alene's Wolf Lodge Bay. (Tim Colquhoun)

WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Bald eagles will be gathering again in November and December to feast of spawning kokanee at Lake Coeur d'Alene. And eagle watchers and photographers will be gathering to view the spectacle.

The largest concentration of eagles usually occurs in the Wolf Lodge Bay area of the lake with viewing hot spots at Higgens Point and at various spots along State Highway 97.

A record 273 bald eagles was counted at Lake Coeur d'Alene on Dec. 29, 2011.

Eagle-watching enthusiast Tim Colquhoun has taken the mystery out of planning a CdA eagle-watching expedition with the map above, as well as with the video below.

Posted Nov. 10, 2016, 9 a.m.

By Rich Landers

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Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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