Conowingo Dam

The Conowingo Dam on the lower Susquehanna River in Maryland provides hydroelectric power and a drinking water reservoir for the area.  It may not be much to look at unless you are a Bald Eagle.  Hundreds migrate here during the winter months for the buffet-style restaurant.  Fish coming over the spillways or through the turbines are temporarily disoriented making them easy prey. The optimal time to visit is November but I read a report this morning suggesting that as many as eighty Bald Eagles were still present.  After work, I jumped in the car and began the 7-hour journey. With Jeanine in Florida, Kyle working on his final data science project and the beginning of spring soccer just over a week away, I decided this would be my last chance this year to make the journey.  I made it as far as Philadelphia where I stopped for the evening.