Friday, February 02, 2007

Driving through the Illinois River Valley in January

 

Observation Tower at Hennepin & Hopper Lakes Restoration Project.
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Bald Eagle on River Beach Drive.
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View from Cooper Park -- Komatsu on the River Front.
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Red-bellied Woodpecker at Cooper Park.
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Beavers at Cooper Park are building a new damn to protect the main pond from the rising Illinois River waters. They have taken down several trees and are working on many others. We called the park district and they removed the tree from the boardwalk the next day.
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Juvenile Bald Eagle. He was eating carrion in a field by the side of the road. He flew a few feet away as we slowed the car, but he went back to his meal as soon as we drove away.
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Lacon Bridge.
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Bald Eagle flying from a tree by the side of the highway.
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