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This was the sunrise that greeted me at Conowingo Dam this morning. This is looking down the Susquehanna River below the dam. Eagles would be in action here shortly ... in fact while taking this shot an eagle swooped down and picked up a fish about 100 feet down the frame or more and only about 10 feet from the rocky shore. The light was too dark at this time for even the other photographers there to catch it. It did not even register in this long exposure :))
A Bald Eagle eating a Catfish at Conowingo Dam in Maryland.
Canon 7D MII, Canon 100-400L II, aperture f/5.6, shutter speed 1/500, ISO 400.
"Peacock flies (Callopistromyia annulipes) are members of the large and varied group of picture-winged flies (the Ulidiidae) that includes their two-species genus. They are small (∼4 mm long) and rather pretty, but it is their behaviour, first described over 100 years ago, that makes them so striking for such a small animal. Many videos of dancing peacock flies can be found on-line: in them, mottled flies perform a stuttering sort of dance, with wings held vertically to form striking patch-worked, iridescent-fans, which are moved in an arrhythmic jerking motion as the flies periodically run to and fro."
Info copied from a Current Biology article on cell.com
Photographed by me at Conowingo Dam in Maryland.
Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is an invasive sap-feeding insect native to eastern Asia. It was first detected in the United States in 2014 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. In Maryland, it was first found in Cecil County in October 2018. I photographed this one at Conowingo Dam in Cecil County, MD.
Taken in the morning below the Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River. Took this before taking out the long lens and capturing some eagles in action.
Taken below Conowingo Dam ... focused on the two towers there ... that are nice perches for the eagles to scan the river for a meal.
While waiting for the light and eagles to get into action, I did take a few minutes and take some landscapes on some of the mornings I visited Conowingo Dam. This is below the fishing deck with low flow at the time, just before the gates were opened. You can see a few long lenses were set up already in anticipation.
... See the earlier posts in this series for more discussion of the background ...
Here you see the Bald Eagle a second or two after the catch as it begins to lift and fly parallel to my viewing position. Trouble is on its way .....
Note: Photo - 5 in this series was EXPLORED on 19 Nov 2018
The following narrative is absolutely wrong. No cell phone was lost and found .But the illusion was fun while it lasted.
As my husband packed up the car after a long day of photographing Bald eagles at Conowingo Dam, Maryland, I took a few last pictures in very low light expecting to delete them later. This eagle was perched high above examining something in its talons. I can picture some poor soul leaning out over the railing to capture a picture, perhaps of the sunrise that morning, only to have their phone slip from their hand and splash into the Susquehanna. How and why the eagle nabbed it is a bit of a mystery since most phones sink. Perhaps it was in a shallow spot and the eagle noticed it reflecting light. Whether the eagle was taking a selfie or texting, I cannot tell, but it certainly seemed to be concentrating on its unusual find! :)
Bald eagle with meal passing by close to the old windows at Conowingo Dam.
HWW times 2
Happy Window Wednesday & Happy Wing Wednesday together ;)