Search for the Bald Eagles...

This Saturday we went for a ride as a family to go find the Bald Eagles (Kyle said that once we found them we couldn't make jokes make any bald jokes (0: ) It was a fun time had by all in the van. Klamath Falls area is known for the opportunity of being able to see the Bald Eagles. They have a festival it is called Winter Wings Festival. If you want to see the link about it, it is http://www.winterwingsfest.org/. The festival is over Presidents Day Weekend but we thought that we would go find them this weekend, next weekend is a little busier. So we left at 1pm , that was our first mistake we should of left early in morning. You are better able to see them in the morning. When we got on the road we headed down into California, towards Klamath Basin . As we drove we kept our eyes open for Eagles- that was our main goal. But as we went we saw this lake that had over a 100 some kind of white birds it was awesome to see. I think they were White Pelicans, this picture does not do it justice.

We stopped at this one view point, to see if we could find some there. There wasn't, but it had a great view of a lake. So Kyle got a picture of the kids on the rocks to look like birds. We had birds on our mind. As Kelsie got out of the car she said "Wait I got to get my camera so I can take my pictures". It was cute because her camera is a toy Tinkerbell camera, not real. Then when she got back in the car she had brought her handful of rocks that she collects whenever she sees rocks. She was ready to share them with Karlee and I said no Karlee can't have rocks she will eat them. Kelsie then chucks the rocks out the door and says "Oh okay goodbye rocks," she cracks me up by the things that she does.

As we were heading towards the ranger station visitor center, Kyle started making this weird whooping noise and pointing. I was looking at him like what is wrong, but he kept pointing and whooping. Finally he slowed down the car to almost a stop and said "LOOK!" On the side of the road there was about 20 doe deer eating the grass. He said it was a sight that he had never seen before. And that his hunter side came through and was very excited to see it. Now we have an inside joke for Kyle on what sound we make when we see a deer. (0:

We stopped at Visitor center and saw a video on birds, got pamphlets, and asked where would be the best place to see the eagles. They had this cool wall that had bird wallpaper and actual stuffed birds hanging form the ceiling. I thought that would make an awesome picture to make it look like the kids are standing in the middle of the birds. Here is a Jaron flying with the birds. Below Kallie is being attacked by the birds, just kidding Karlee is attacking Kallie's zipper. But I love Kallies face in the picture. I couldn't get Kelsie to pose in the pictures.

After we got our pictures with the birds we headed out on the Wildlife Tour Route (by car) on Tule Lake. It was is a one way 9.6 mile tour. The self guided tour talked to us about how the lake has gone down from what it was, and what kind of bird we could see. So we continue to keep our eyes peeled for the eagles, we thought maybe we had saw some but it turned out they were crows. We were almost done with route when we saw one sitting on the pole perch, so we crept closer and closer all the while snapping pictures in hopes that we could get a shot. Well we got close and this is what it was....

Okay it is not a Bald Eagle, but at least it is an eagle. We are just claiming that he is dirty and hasn't had his bath yet for the Winter Wing Festival. We are thinking that he is a Golden Eagle. We were excited to see him. And to be able to have a fun afternoon as a family seeing the new area where we are living. We can't wait until it warms up so we can go see the Lava Beds down here.