Natural Flyers: Clarksville and Louisiana, Missouri Host Migrating Birds Along the Mississippi River

By Carmelo Turdo

During the winter months, The Aero Experience includes coverage of the natural flyers wintering in the Midwest along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Here we feature adult and juvenile Bald Eagles, American White Pelicans and Ring-Billed Gulls seen on Saturday at Lock and Dam No. 24 in Clarksville, MO and at Riverview Park in Louisiana, MO. Bald Eagle activity was lower than last year due to this unusually warm winter, but we had one low fly-by that made the day complete. Though some Bald Eagles remain along the rivers year-round, most will migrate north again over the next two weeks.