Photo by Jay Brooks, courtesy of Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge

Louisa County Conservation and the Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge are teaming up to host a program about bald eagles on Saturday. Port Louisa Biologist Jessica Bolser is leading the program, and she says they’re excited because they are bringing in biologists who have been working on a project to track bald eagles around the world. The biologists are attempting to track individual birds that spend the winters in the Midwest, to see how far they travel in other seasons.

Bolser believes the program will be fascinating for attendees, particularly those interested in finding out more about birds they see locally, “A lot of people see bald eagles in the winter, and so it’s something that we hope people are interested in learning more about. It was an exciting opportunity for us, because some of the eagles that they’re actually tracking or capturing for this project were actually captured at the refuge or in southeast Iowa and up near the Quad Cities. So it’s sort of a local interest as well.” The program is free to the public, and will start at 1 p.m. Saturday. Bolser anticipates it to last around an hour and a half, with opportunities for people to ask questions. The Port Louisa Refuge is located six miles northeast of Wapello on County Road X61.