January 3rd Weekend - Bald Eagle Appreciation Days

Celebrate the symbol of our freedom!  View eagles in their natural habitat.

The American Bald Eagle visits Keokuk, Iowa from November to March. Some are present as early as October, and can be seen as late as April, but they are harder to find. As the Eagles’ primary feeding areas in Canada and Alaska begin to freeze over, the birds fly south along rivers to find fish in the open waters. As many as 1,400 Bald Eagles winter along the Mississippi between St. Paul and St. Louis. Keokuk enjoys one of the highest concentrations of the feeding eagles in and around the open waters of Lock and Dam 19. Because of the tremendous drop from above to below the dam, the waters remain open and provide the eagles their primary food source – fish.