Good Bird Sighting at Work

August 12th
There's a small pond located in front of where I work. It's not particularly large. In fact, it was originally built to provide water for the fire department in the event of a fire. (Now that Howard County has grown, the pond is merely aesthetic.) They are draining the pond to inspect retaining walls and other things so I imagine small aquatic critters are more visible now.

Tonight as I came out of work I noticed a large, dark bird slowly wheeling over the pond. Initially, it was pretty high so I couldn't see exactly what it was but I could tell from the way it held its wings that it was not a vulture.

As it slowly descended I thought I detected a white head. And then as it wheeled away from me, I was pretty sure I detected a white tail. Before too long I figured out what it was and, you guessed it....

A mature bald eagle had settled down onto the ground next to the pond.

It joined a great blue heron and some ducks already in the pond.

Beautiful!
K-