Saturday, January 26, 2008
Unique event held annually on the last Saturday in January in conjunction with the official National Eagle Census Day to count the number of wintering Eagles on the Illinois River. Event includes free bus tours to view Eagles on the waterfront, musical entertainment, "Birds of Prey" show by Wildlife Prairie Park, master storyteller, and Eagle slide show. A family event, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Union Mission Center, 203 Court Street in Downtown Pekin.
Major Sponsor:
Songwriter, storyteller Barry Cloyd
Native American Storyteller Jo Lakota
Capacity crowd in Union Mission auditorium in Pekin
Mikitcha and trainer Joe Hand from Wildlife Prairie Park
Joe Hand, Mikitcha and Midwest Generation sponsor sign
Majestic American Bald Eagle
Eagle
Census Day
Saturday, January 26, 2008
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Classic
Car Cruise-In
Friday
Night Family Fest
Halloween
Parade
Christmas
on Court
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