Believe wintertime alongside the Mighty Mississippi is time to hibernate? Visit Quad Metropolitan areas invites you to believe again.

Ice sculptures will be lighted from dusk to 10 p.m. Jan. 14 to 16 through Icestravaganza at the Freight Property and LeClaire Park together the river in Davenport. (Courtesy of Check out Quad Metropolitan areas)

The Quad Metropolitan areas straddling the river present up plenty of factors to thaw that frame of mind, from wanting at the sky to crunching on the snow underfoot.

Bald eagles, which I never ever observed growing up downstream around Burlington, make for a majestic sight in flight or when fishing for their upcoming food. And of course, we are lucky more than enough to see eagles along the Cedar River, way too, but this weekend marks the Midwest’s greatest celebration of this fowl that has been swooping in as our countrywide image considering that 1782.

Bald Eagle Days

From Jan. 7 to 9, the QCCA Expo Centre, 2621 Fourth Ave., Rock Island, Ill., will provide as headquarters for Bald Eagle Days. Countless numbers of men and women reportedly flock in this article, and this 12 months, they’ll see stay eagle plans, live bird of prey demonstrations, a lot more than 100 display screen booths, and a 20-foot climbing tower.

A bald eagle flies over the Mississippi River trying to keep an eye on the shoreline together with LeClaire Park in Davenport on Feb. 11, 2020. Up to 2,500 eagles call the space residence from December as a result of February, and the Midwest’s premier bald eagle celebration will be held Jan. 7 to 9 at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island, Ill. (The Gazette)

For outdoor views, free shuttles will consider people from the party center to the spotting scopes the Quad Town Audubon Culture has established up at Rock Island’s Sunset Marina. Up to 2,500 bald eagles wintertime along the Mississippi in the vicinity of the lock and dams.

For exciting points, primary viewing places each and every December as a result of February, eagle etiquette and a backlink to Bald Eagle Days, go to visitquadcities.com/get-outdoor/bald-eagle-viewing

Icestravaganza

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