The Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge was the first waterfowl refuge created in the United States, established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908.  Most of it is located in California & the area has been a haven for migratory birds.  This time of year the raptors are out w/ migratory bald eagles that come down from Canada, the largest population of them within the Continental US as they nest over in nearby Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge, which is off limits to public entry at this time.  While migratory, there is a population of bald eagles that live year-round in the Klamath Basin region.  Two insets show a golden eagle as well as a bald eagle further down.  Just down the row of cottonwoods there was a bald eagle building a large nest as it flew in with a mouthful of twigs.  Much of this wildlife area has sadly dried up due to an ongoing drought, as well as nearby Tule Lake, else there would also be an immense cackling of water birds in the nearby fields.