Bald Eagle Watching Days
2024 Sauk Prairie Bald Eagle Watching Days
Please pick up your FREE PASSES to all events at the River Arts Center ticket booth on the day of the shows! All events are free and open to the public, but you must have a ticket to enter. River Arts Center, 105 Ninth St, Prairie du Sac WI 53578
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Check out our previous Bald Eagle Days programs on our YouTube channel here!
Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors:
Event Sponsor:
Conservation Level:
Steward Level:
Wollersheim Winery
Advocate Level:
Fair Valley Performance and Repair
Cedarberry Inn
Compeer Financial
Minuteman Press
State Farm – Jim Marsden
Bank of Prairie du Sac
Maplewood Sauk Prairie
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Tools of Marketing
Piggly Wiggly of Sauk City
CMS Business Services Inc DBA H&R Block
Eagle View Dentist Office LLC
Merrimac Campground LLC
Each winter, bald eagles gather in the Sauk Prairie area due to a unique combination of factors. For winter survival, eagles need open water for fishing, undeveloped shoreline with large trees for perching, and sheltered valleys for night-time roosting.
Eagle watching is best during the morning when the birds are most active fishing and are frequently seen perching in trees along the river. Spotting scopes are available for your use at Ferry Bluff Eagle Council’s Overlook in Prairie du Sac.
We hope that by bringing people together to share the thrill of watching eagles and to learn about their needs and habits, we can strengthen our collective commitment to preserving this precious resource.
PLEASE WATCH EAGLES WITHOUT SCARING THEM!
People on foot scare eagles. Please remain in your car and use it as a blind. Do not walk along the river, particularly at the hydropower dam, since that is the eagles’ most active feeding area. Eagles, particularly immature ones, need to conserve their energy in order to survive the cold days of Wisconsin winters.
Thank you for your consideration of our nation’s symbol, the bald eagle.
