I was running a few minutes late on my way to work today but that actually turned out to be a good thing. While i was crossing the Susquehanna River on the Turnpike, a very large, dark bird took off from the south west side of the bridge. It flew directly over me, and me, being the curious raptor watcher that I am, decided to get a good look at it. Turns out I could see the massive black body, huge wingspan, and the tell tale white head. It was a mature bald eagle! Quite possibly the closest I have come to one in the wild so far. Now, I have seen them in the wild before, but they are usually several hundred yards away and I am looking through binoculars or a spotting scope, but this one was only 25 or 30 feet above me! Impressive!!
Posted by doug at January 7, 2004 09:06 AM