For Cathie’s birthday this year, we decided to go somewhere new that she had learned about earlier this year. Conowingo Hydroelectric Generating Station is a dam on the Susquehanna River in northern Maryland that has become a bald eagle hot spot. There are about 250 eagles who reside there, but from November through January, the numbers swell even higher. As it happened, we were there about a week too early to see the greatest number of eagles. But that also meant there were somewhat fewer photographers when we were there, which worked out well. We met some great photographers, including a pair from Boston who come down to Conowingo at least once a year. We spent the full day, November 15, there, stopping only to get lunch at Mission BBQ in Aberdeen. It was cold, it wasn’t very sunny, but it was a fantastic day seeing these magnificent birds in action. A day I will not soon forget.