Conowingo Dam Darlington, MD
Hundreds of Bald Eagles call Conowingo Dam home and dozens, often dozens of dozens of photographers descend upon Conowingo Dam early in the morning until late in the afternoon to get their shot at this amazing display of the diversity of nature.
Conowingo Dam, Darlington, Maryland Waiting for Bald Eagles to Arrive.
So damn cold, my nose hairs were frozen. HAD A BLAST THOUGH!
The Bald Eagles of Conowingo Dam Maryland
Randall and Donna of Wild Adventures travel to Conowingo Dam in Maryland to experience the migrating Bald Eagles.
Conowingo Dam Maryland
The Conowingo Dam (also Conowingo Hydroelectric Plant, Conowingo Hydroelectric Station) is a large hydroelectric dam in the Lower Susquehanna River. The dam, one of the largest non-federal hydroelectric dams in the US, is classified as a medium height, masonry gravity type dam. The dam is located in Maryland, spanning the Cecil and Harford county border — 9.9 miles (14.6 km) from the river mouth at the Chesapeake Bay, about 5 miles (8 km) south of the Pennsylvania border and 45 miles (70 km) northeast of Baltimore.
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ABANDONED TOME SCHOOL - BAINBRIDGE NAVAL BASE
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Tome School for Boys was originally located in the downtown area of Port Deposit, Maryland from 1894 until the founder Jacob Tome passed away in 1898. His endowment of two million dollars towards the school had paved the way for a new campus to be constructed on a 200 foot high bluff overlooking the Susquehanna river in 1900. Thirteen buildings were constructed in Beux-Arts influenced Gregorian Revival style by N.Y. architects Boring and Tilton, just after they had finished the award-winning Ellis Island Immigrant Station (which, coincidentally, had spent a considerable amount of time abandoned as well). The original school buildings, built of local Port Deposit granite, included three boarding houses, an indoor swimming pool, batting cages, gymnasium, theater, dining hall, hotel for guest speakers and visitors, and the main building, Memorial Hall. The 330 acre campus, whose design was supervised by Frederick Law Olmstead (also designer of the Buffalo State Asylum grounds), included ornate Italian gardens in a center square, surrounded by scenic tree-lined drives. The facility was planned as a non-sectarian college preparatory school - one of many which were flourishing in the early 20th century. It earned a prestigious reputation, accepting affluent young adults such as the children of the Mellon and Carnegie families. Base tuition was $700 with no extras in the year 1909. The school's finances dwindled over time however, and by 1942 the institution had moved back to its original campus in town. The bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 had begun a race to construct new training centers across the Unites States, and luckily for the school, the property was eagerly eyed by both the Army and Navy. The government purchased the school and an adjacent 50 parcels of farmland to create a massive 1,132 acre campus that was to become the Bainbridge U.S. Naval Training Center - named in honor of Commodore William Bainbridge. Five hundred buildings were hastily constructed to train new recruits for World War II, and the center opened a scant four months after construction had started. With a peak population of 38,000 personnel, the facility actually doubled Cecil county's population. New amenities included an outdoor amphitheater, indoor swimming pool, 500-bed hospital, nuclear power school, fire fighters school, and a variety of classrooms, barracks and mess halls - all at a price tag of about fifty million dollars. The school prepared over 350,000 sailors for battle in World War II. The campus was deactivated in 1947, at the end of the second World War. A skeleton maintenance crew remained behind to protect the buildings from deterioration until it reopened in February of 1951, during the advent of the Korean War. Although the buildings were maintained on a basic level, a substantial amount of repair work needed to be done throughout the first year. Then, the facility operated again as a Naval Training Center until the operation was mothballed in mid-1950s. A number of operations continued at the campus however, such as the Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS, residing in the old Tome School buildings), Pami Conus (Personnel Accounting Machine Installation, Continental United States), a WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) recruitment center, a nuclear power school, the Naval Reserve Manpower Center, and a plethora of other military training schools and facilities. Although the site was bustling with activity for a number of years, the individual schools began to close their doors one by one. On March 31st 1976, the entire base and campus was officially shuttered; an estimated total of over 500,000 sailors were trained at Bainbridge. The Susquehanna Job Corps Center operated inside a few of the old Tome school buildings for some time after, but the rest of the military-built campus, more akin to an abandoned city, was subject to constant arson, vandalism, and theft. Almost all the buildings constructed by the government were demolished during a lengthy cleanup process; the asbestos and lead tainted rubble was pushed into a ravine along the Jacob Tome Highway, leaving a handful of remaining structures. By 1990, the job corps moved out, and the old Tome School buildings were subjected to decay and arson. In 2000, the land was transferred to the Bainbridge Development Corporation, who is developing the campus into a mixed-use community. The remaining granite buildings have been stabilized and were being redeveloped into a continuous care facility; however on September 14, 2014 Memorial Hall was burned to the ground.
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Photographing Bald Eagles at the Conowingo Dam and Other Raptors in Connecticut.
Join me as I make my way around the shoreline of Connecticut photographing raptors and take a trip to the Conowingo dam in Maryland to photograph bald eagles.
The Bald Eagles of Conowingo Dam 2016
Every late fall, over 150 Bald Eagles congregate at Conowingo Dam in Darlington, Maryland.
A perennial favorite with wildlife photographers, the viewing area is known as the Million Dollar Fence due to the number of high-end telephotos and camera equipment lined up for the perfect shot.
Conowingo Dam Bald Eagles November 2018: High Water
This was my 4th year making a trip to the Conowingo Dam in Maryland and was by far the least amount of eagles I have seen there but I still managed to get a few clips. The water was very high that limited the fishing and action from the eagles, but still made for some great footage!
Bald Eagles: Pursuit Bald Eagles of Conowingo Dam, short film
On a late November day in Maryland, sometimes hundreds of bald eagles congregate at Conowingo Dam for this fishing feast. Fish who make it through the dams turbines are shocked and left as easy targets, which attracts eagles from all over. What seems as easy food, leads to an endless pursuit from other eagles to steal their catch and defend their food! On a given day during peak season you can see hundreds of photographers lined up to capture the bald eagle show. The dam located north of Baltimore Maryland, is one of the best places to view eagles fishing and fighting in the US!
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Shot and Edited by: Mike Lemery
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Bald Eagle at Conowingo Dam 2019 Spring
Conowingo Dam - Herons, Vultures, Cormorants but No Eagles
I've made two trips to Conowingo Dam in the last week hoping to photograph bald eagles. While I was there I took a hike, observed, filmed, and photographed a great blue heron as well as some black vultures and cormorants.
My prints from Imagekind
The gear:
Nikon D850
AF-S Nikkor 24mm 1.8
AF-S Nikkor 50mm 1.4
AF-S Nikkor 85mm 1.8
Tokina Macro 100mm 2.8
AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm 3.5-5.6
Tamron SP 150-600mm G2 5-6.3
Tamron Teleconverter 2X
Nikon D7100 / D5300
AF-S Nikkor 35mm 1.8
AF Nikkor 50mm 1.8
AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 3.5-5.6
AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm 3.5-5.6
AF-S Nikkor 55-300mm 4.5-5.6
DJI Mavic Pro 2
Music:
From
Fearless First by Kevin MacLeod
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reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
The Bald Eagles of Conowingo!
It's simply amazing to lay eyes on the mighty American bald eagles of Maryland, up close in their natural habitat! Wyatt Everhart gives takes you for a glide with some local eagle enthusiasts at the Conowingo Dam!
Conowingo Dam Maryland Fisherman's Park
Created on October 26, 2010 using FlipShare.
Coduros swimming pool
Regular summer day with my daughter
Eagle watching at Starved Rock Lock and Dam
Freezing temperatures brought a lot of bald Eagles to the Starved Rock area.
Eagles over the Conowingo dam
Eagles at the Conowingo dam in Maryland
Bald Eagles: Conowingo Dam Bald Eagles
This film was a Finalist for the Nat Geo Wild to Inspire competition and screened at The Sun Valley Film Fest. One of four finalists of 350 entries. For more info email Mikelemery@yahoo.com or go to mikelemery.com
“Conowingo Dam Bald Eagles” shows the resurgence of the bald eagle population at the Conowingo Dam in Maryland, where hundreds of bald eagles fiercely fight for the stunned fish that make it through the dam’s turbines.
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Adult Bald Eagle Catches Fish At Conowingo Dam (11/20/18)
An adult bald eagle catches a fish at Conowingo Dam in Darlington, MD on November 20, 2018 and is almost immediately challenged for it. The sirens are a warning that flood gates are open.