Last couple of years there have not been a lot of eagles in the places I photograph but we have several that stay around all year now.

From what I've been hearing the hotspots in Iowa and further north have seen little drop in number of eagles.

I've stayed away from the touron (tourist + moron) areas since Christmas but a couple of people that specialize in photographing them have told me the eagle photographing has 'been slow' up until last week.

I have a spot where I've seen eagles pretty consistently that most of the tourons will never think to go and since it requires actually getting out of a vehicle--most would not go anyway.

Until the big rivers freeze, they are going to spreadout or stay up north in my humble and oft disputed opinion.