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Bald eagles, snowy owls and a chance to get outdoors on unseasonably warm winter days drew 3,000 visitors to Eagle Days events at Smithville Lake jan. 7 and 8.
KANSAS CITY Mo -- Bald eagles, snowy owls and a chance to get outdoors on unseasonably warm winter days drew 3,000 visitors Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 7 and 8, to Eagle Days events at Smithville Lake.
A rare appearance by snowy owls at the lake helped draw a record crowd for the annual event, said Derek Dorsey, park manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The tundra-dwelling owls migrated farther south than normal this winter across the Midwest with three being spotted regularly at the lake.
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Bill Graham
Bald eagles, snowy owls and a chance to get outdoors on unseasonably warm winter days drew 3,000 visitors to Eagle Days events at Smithville Lake jan. 7 and 8.
KANSAS CITY Mo -- Bald eagles, snowy owls and a chance to get outdoors on unseasonably warm winter days drew 3,000 visitors Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 7 and 8, to Eagle Days events at Smithville Lake.
A rare appearance by snowy owls at the lake helped draw a record crowd for the annual event, said Derek Dorsey, park manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The tundra-dwelling owls migrated farther south than normal this winter across the Midwest with three being spotted regularly at the lake.
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