Bald eagles delight visitors to Lake Cuyamaca.

If you’re patient, you just might catch sight of the bald eagles that are wintering at Lake Cuyamaca.

In the crisp, winter air last week at dawn, the birds with an impressive 7-foot wingspan could be seen fishing and sometimes frolicking over the water.

They also were gathering sticks and grass, building the aeries where they will raise their young in the spring.