LACKAWAXEN, PA —The Delaware Highlands Conservancy will offer eagle-watching all winter long, including its popular series of Eagle Watch bus tours in January and February.

BUS TOURS

Participants can learn from an expert guide and take a scenic drive on a heated bus throughout the Upper Delaware River region with stops at Eagle Observation Areas to look for and learn about bald eagles and their habitat.

Seats on trips are limited and advance reservations are required, at $25 for Conservancy members, $35 for non-members. Kids under 12 are free. 

The trips are scheduled for January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 and February 7, 14 from 10am-3pm and commence at the Conservancy’s Winter Field Office at the Zane Grey Museum in Lackawaxen, PA. Snow dates for the trips are the Sundays immediately following. 

EAGLE WATCHING ON YOUR OWN

The Conservancy’s Winter Field Office inside the Zane Grey Museum is staffed by volunteers offering information for visitors looking to learn more about viewing and protecting eagles. Visitors can pick up information about the bald eagle in the Upper Delaware River region, get maps and directions to eagle viewing locations, watch a short film, and view interpretive exhibits. The Visitor Center is open to visitors on Saturdays and Sundays in January and February, from 10am-3pm.

The Delaware Highlands Conservancy has also partnered with the NPS and the New York State Department of Conservation to maintain well-marked Eagle Observation Areas open to the public. These viewing blinds are also staffed by Conservancy volunteers on weekends through the winter season, and visitors can look through binoculars and spotting scopes to see bald eagles in the wild. 

The Upper Delaware River region is one of the largest wintering habitats for eagles in the northeast United States because of abundant clean water and large, undisturbed stands of trees. Protected lands in Pike and Wayne Counties in PA and Sullivan and Delaware Counties in NY provide a safe haven for these migratory birds, as well as breeding eagles that live here year-round.

For more information on all these viewing opportunities, call 570-226-3164/845-583-1010 or visit www.delawarehighlands.org.