Bald Eagle Bluff SNA

22 Acres Located 1 mile N of Read's Landing on US Hwy 61. Wabasha County Twp 111N Rng 11W Sec 14 Type: Deciduous Woods ECS Subsection: Blufflands

Description:

Bald Eagle Bluff SNA, a major roosting site for wintering bald eagles, is located just south of the mouth of Lake Pepin. During the daytime eagles use the perch trees, which are adjacent to food sources in open water yet protected from the extremes of winter winds. From here they can access the combination of habitats afforded by river, floodplain forest, and bluffs extending southward from Camp Lacupolis through Read's Landing. The eagles return in the afternoon, as early as 2 p.m., to roost in the mature, oak-dominated forest. This general area is one of only four important bald eagle winter roost sites along Minnesota's Upper Mississippi River Valley. Weekly monitoring over the past 15 years has documented from 20 to 70 eagles wintering here daily. The greatest concentrations of bald eagles occur here from late fall to early spring.

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