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DOWNTOWN DES MOINES - EAGLE SANCTUARY

February 24, 2006

The Law and Disorder Blog tells the story of the bald eagles that have taken up residence in the Principal Park neighborhood:

The Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers converge downtown, just south of the police department. For the last two days when I went to lunch there have been about five bald eagles flying about there, apparently searching the river for fish or whatever else it is they eat. They are beautiful birds! They gracefully glide in circles from one side of the river to the other, then on occasion find a high tree branch to perch and survey all that lays before them.

Two or three weeks ago I saw one fly past my 14th-floor window - very cool. "Majestic" is the perfect word for the way they fly. If only they ate crows...

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