Monday, August 24, 2009

Flutter, Flutter, Glide

Coming back from Phillie on Friday evening, I was driving down the hill onto the Conowingo Dam. The sunset was so stunning and the urge to pull over somewhere and capture it was so compelling that I almost missed the curve onto the dam..
Trying to stay in my lane, (driving across bridges have never been my strong suit) I almost missed seeing something awesome in the sky above me. Osprey, Immature Bald Eagle,..not sure which. This guy was covering ground, even as I followed him doing an easy 40 mph. The wing span was at least 4 - 6 feet.

But the wing stroke was what really caught my attention. Flutter, flutter, Glide.

Hawks hunting voles in the corn field bordering my garden will hold station using the Flutter, Flutter of their wings.


There have been Osprey photographed at Conowingo. Eagles traveling from Canada to winter over at Conowingo have attracted photographers for the past several years. I've recently seen mature Bald Eagles soaring above the fields in Jarrettsville, Madonna and the NCR Rail Trail in White Hall.