Every morning, Harry looks for bald eagles. Most days, he sees them.
and I are watching an osprey hover above the Anacostia River at Bladensburg Waterfront Park. The raptor swivels its wings, eyes locked on the water below. Somewhere down there is a doomed fish that will soon play its part in the circle of life.“We’re inside the fricking Beltway,” says Harry, amazed. Traffic shuttles by on Alternate Route 1 and Kenilworth Avenue. Humans are commuting. But here, on the Anacostia, it’s the animals that are going to and from work.
That was during the early days of covid-19, when Bladensburg Waterfront Park became a birders’ paradise. So far on this chilly Friday morning, however, there have been no eagles.He tries to be here during the first 90 minutes after sunrise. And in general, low tide is better than high tide for eagle-spotting, he says, as there’s less water for the fish to hide in. Of course, bald eagles are not above stealing a fish from other birds.
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