Bald Eagles at LKNWR:
I birded LKNWR today and the raptors were out in droves. I must have seen 30 to 40 Rough Legged Hawks throughout the Refuge, plus literally hundreds of Ring Neck Pheasants. There were 60 plus Bald Eagles in the exit tree line. Turning right out of the Refuge onto State Line Road there were thousands of Tundra Swans on the Oregon side (left) with 60 plus Bald Eagles, on the ground, interspersed within them; and on the California side, out on the ice, another 50 plus Bald Eagles. That’s around 180 Bald Eagles within one square mile! This is the greatest number of Bald Eagles I've ever seen on one outing.
Another treat was witnessing two Bald Eagles and two Rough Legged Hawks doing aerial combat over Intersection C on the Refuge.