Eagle Days

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Eagle Days

Missouri's winter eagle watching is spectacular. If you can’t make it to one of our many Eagle Days events (check out the calendar below), browse our best-places list for locations to enjoy eagle-viewing on your own. From late December through early February, watch for eagles perched in large trees along the water’s edge. Get out early in the morning to see the eagles flying and fishing.

Best places for winter eagle viewing

  • Lake of the Ozarks at Bagnell Dam Access, east of Bagnell
  • Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area on Route K, southwest of Columbia
  • Lock & Dam 24 at Clarksville
  • Lock & Dam 25 east of Winfield
  • Mingo National Wildlife Refuge northwest of Puxico
  • Old Chain of Rocks Bridge south of I-270, off of Riverview Drive, St. Louis
  • Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary east of West Alton
  • Schell-Osage Conservation Area north of El Dorado Springs
  • Smithville Lake north of Kansas City
  • Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge south of Mound City
  • Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge south of Sumner
  • Table Rock Lake and Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery southwest of Branson
  • Truman Reservoir west of Warsaw
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Eagle Days Events

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Nature Art: Nature's Needlers: Bald Eagle
Registration period: October 29 - December 6
Date: Friday, December 6, 2024 10:30 am - Friday, December 6, 2024 12:00 pm
Location: Runge Conservation Nature Center
Nature's Needlers is a monthly series featuring a nature presentation along with a customized quilt block pattern to take home and complete at your own pace. The 2024 theme is "Missouri's Conservation Success Stories." Our topic and block this month is the bald eagle. This will be the 12th and final quilt block in the series. Registration required. Ages 18+
Special Event: Eagle Days
Date: Saturday, December 7, 2024 9:00 am - Saturday, December 7, 2024 4:00 pm
Location: Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge
Special Event: Eagle Days
Date: Sunday, December 8, 2024 10:00 am - Sunday, December 8, 2024 4:00 pm
Location: Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge
Birds: Eagle Adventure at Marion Access
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025 10:00 am - Saturday, January 25, 2025 2:00 pm
Location: Runge Conservation Nature Center

Note: This event takes place at Marion Access (Cole County).

At Marion Access on the Missouri River (located approximately 13 miles north of Runge Nature Center on Highway 179), there will be wild eagle viewing opportunities, exhibits, a warming fire, and hot chocolate on a come-and-go basis from 10 AM to 2 PM. Naturalists and volunteers from Runge Nature Center will be on hand with spotting scopes to help visitors view wild eagles along the river. No registration required. All ages invited. Be sure to dress for the weather. (Weather back-up date is Saturday, February 1.)

Note: Due to ongoing construction and limited parking at Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City, we regret to announce our annual Eagle Adventure activities at the nature center will not take place in 2025.
Birds: Eagle Days - Public Day
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025 8:00 am - Saturday, February 1, 2025 4:00 pm
Location: Puxico Activity Center (FEMA Building)
We're celebrating the return of bald eagles to Mingo NWR, Duck Creek CA, and Lake Wappapello. This special event includes the indoor live bald eagle shows from our friends at the World Bird Sanctuary. Programs will be held at the Puxico Activity Center (FEMA building) at 9:00AM, 10:30AM, 12:30PM, and a special show at 2:00PM. Opportunities to view bald eagles in the wild, with the assistance of volunteers and spotting scopes, will be available from 8:00AM - 4:00PM at the Visitor Center at Lake Wappapello, 3 locations on Mingo NWR and 1 location at Duck Creek CA during event hours. Mingo Visitors Center will have presentations on the restoration project that took place on the refuge. All ages are welcome. Registration is not required. However, eagle shows have a capacity of 400 people and will be filled on a first come first serve basis.
Birds: St. Louis Eagle Days
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025 9:00 am - Saturday, February 8, 2025 3:00 pm
Location: Audubon Center at Riverlands

Did you know the Mississippi River hosts one of North America’s largest concentrations of bald eagles? They are drawn to areas of open water in search of fish, their preferred food. The colder the weather, the better the chances of seeing them fish, ride ice floes, soar overhead and roost in nearby trees!

Eagle lovers of all ages are invited to the Audubon Center at Riverlands in West Alton on February 8, 2025. Visitors are welcome to view eagles through spotting scopes staffed by trained volunteers. The World Bird Sanctuary will be providing live Bald Eagle programs throughout the day. For more information visit EagleDays.org.

No advance registration is required.