Eagle Extravaganza at Conowingo 12/6/2009 1:00-4:00 PM
Posted by Administrator | Under Upcoming Field Trips Friday Nov 20, 2009Each fall and winter, dozens (sometimes hundreds!) of eagles gather at this hydroelectric facility on the Susquehanna River to feast upon fish. Learn how to “age” eagles and observe how they catch their food. How many eagles will we see? Watch gulls, ducks, herons, and other waterbirds too!
For Conowingo birding info visit: www.harfordbirdclub.org/conowingo.html
If you want to see Bald Eagles, you don’t want to miss this outing! Last weekend when I was at Conowingo I counted 103 eagles sitting on the rocks!!! I’m sure there were many more that I wasn’t able to see too! Below are some of my pictures of the eagles.
Check out the size of the fish this guy caught! You’ll notice that this eagle has a band on his leg and if you look REALLY closely you can see the antenna from a satellite transmitter that’s on the eagle’s back. You can see it better in the next picture.
These transmitters mainly tell biologists how far eagles travel.
Here are two eagles chasing another eagle that probably has a fish!
Three eagles in a tree…
Two kids probably chasing each other around playing…
Can you find all 14 eagles? Click on the image for a larger version.
Click here to see more pictures of the eagles at Conowingo!
Hope to see you there!