Hundreds of bald eagles return to Lake Coeur d'Alene for yearly salmon feast
Cannon Barnett, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Dec. 31—It doesn't take long to spot a bald eagle along the Lake Coeur d'Alene shoreline in December, with hundreds of birds flocking to the area to feast during the annual kokanee salmon spawn.
Indeed, the first thing greeting visitors to Higgens Point is the crisp smell of rain coupled with decaying fish as thousands of dead kokanee pile up on rocky beaches. The eagles and their eager human observers don't seem to mind.
Jerry Vick, 62, treks from Hayden to visit the eagles around once a week while they are in the area. He described Tuesday as a "wonderful cloudy day."
"You don't have to go very far to see some wonderful things in the world," Vick said. An eagle perched stock still in a pine tree just ahead, and another soared over the lake.
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