NEAH BAY — Organizers hope that plenty of youngsters show up at the second annual Eagle Festival on Saturday.
“This year we haven’t yet seen the baby eagles, but we are hoping that some might come out for the festival,” said Vicky Druge, who is in charge of the Makah festival.
“Last year the babies came out and everyone could really enjoy them.”
The festival, which will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Neah Bay Marina, will celebrate the cohabitants of the northwestern-most corner of the contiguous United States.
“We see [eagles] out there on the beach all the time,” Druge said.
A free wildlife lecture will begin at 1 p.m. at the Makah Cultural and Research Center at the corner of state Highway 112 and Bay View Avenue at the entrance to the Makah reservation.
Vendors will sell arts and crafts at the Makah Marina. Spots are still available for vendors for $10 each.
Indian tacos will be available.
David Woodcock, whose aerial photographs are in From the Air: Olympic Peninsula, will sign books at the festival.
The 160-page book shows scenes of the North Olympic Peninsula from a bird’s-eye view.
The first festival in 2009 drew about 100 visitors from out of town — as well as several eagles.
For more information, phone Druge at 360-640-2430.
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Reporter Paige Dickerson can be reached at 360-417-3535 or at paige.dickerson@peninsuladaily news.com.