The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has teamed up with Dickerson Zoo to host its first online-only eagle days. The first celebration was on January 23, but the next celebration is coming up on February 6.<\/p>\n
Dickerson Park Zoo is providing participants with an up-close view of a live, rehabilitated eagle and peregrine falcon. The persons will offer distinguishing characteristics of each, followed by a question and answer period. Usually, MDC works with the zoo for an in-person eagle celebration.\u00a0 Due to health concerns and COVID fears, this year’s event will be virtual. This event is open to persons of any age.<\/p>\n
Due to the common interest in eagles in Missouri, advanced registration is required. To attend the February 6, 2021 program between noon and 1:00 p.m., register online here<\/a>. To register for the second class on February 6 which is between 1-2 p.m., you can register here<\/a>. As of last week, more than half of the class was filled.<\/p>\n The history of bald eagles in Missouri was diminishing rapidly. Between 1965 and 1982, there were no known nesting spots in Missouri [1]<\/sup><\/a>. MDC, USFWS, and Dickerson Park Zoo gathered together. They placed 74 eaglets in nests at a conservation area. This effort to re-establish the eagles in Missouri has been successful. Currently, our state is home to more than 500 active bald eagles. In winter, the population can swell to over 2,000.<\/p>\n During the colder months, it is good to gaze outside against a blue sky and see a bald eagle soaring overhead.<\/p>\n The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has teamed up with Dickerson Zoo to host its first online-only eagle days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[243,264],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10313"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10351,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10313\/revisions\/10351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}History Of Eagles In Missouri<\/h3>\n
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