More than 100 eagles migrate to the Upper Delaware each winter in search of open water, fresh fish and undisturbed habitat. 

Depending on weather conditions, the eagles begin arriving in mid-December. By mid-March most eagles begin the return to their breeding areas located to the north. Some eagles migrate from as far away as Canada!

Until recently, your chances of actually seeing an eagle along the Upper Delaware were slim. That has changed, thanks to recent cooperative efforts to improve environmental conditions and to re-establish the bald eagle in the eastern United States.

With proper technique and planning, winter eagle-watching has become a popular off-season activity in the Upper Delaware Valley.

The Eagle Institute works cooperatively with the National Park Service and with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to help visitors find and properly observe wintering eagles along the Upper Delaware River.