> >Rose and I went up around Rockport, WA to see eagles and get some other
> >birding in as well. The local news reports about the Bald Eagle festival
> >on the new recently failed to mention that most of the eagles are *gone* by
> >the time the festival starts (this is intentional).
>
> Umm, Steve, being a birder of very little brain, I'm assuming the people
> running the festival know what they're doing by waiting until the eagles are
> gone before holding an eagle festival (Hey folks, ya shoulda bin here a
> month ago! Up ta the wallet in 'em!), but could you shed some light on the
> reasoning behind their timing? It seems counter-intuitive on the face of it.
> What am I missing?
>
> Or am I misunderstanding, and it's the omission in the reporting of the fact
> the eagles are gone beforehand that's intentional? I'm confused, but that's
> nothing new.

The festival doesn't start until February so that the impact on the eagles
of hundreds of people coming out to see the eagles is minimized. They
don't start it so late they're *all* gone, but late enough that most are.

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