Matt,

It sounds like you were at Patapsco Pond #10, which is visible from 295, just north of the I-695 beltway.  The pond is in Anne Arundel Co., along the south edge of the Patapsco River.  Access to this pond is normally from the business area (Barkwood Ct) off of Nursery Rd.  There are at least two pairs of eagles that have nested within about a mile of this pond.

Stan Arnold
Glen Burnie




-----Original Message-----
>From: Matt Tillett <>
>Sent: Oct 25, 2007 7:08 PM
>To: 
>Subject: [MDOSPREY] Baltimore/AA Co. Surprise
>
>Driving home from Baltimore on 295 S in my ill-handling rental car, I
>glanced over to my right and noticed two turkey vultures wearing white bags
>over their heads...oh wait no! Two adult BALD EAGLES on the same dead tree
>on which they often perched last fall/winter. After swooping by the house to
>grab my camera, they were still there, but flew after I slid down the muddy
>embankment. Also spooked, a Great Blue Heron, and four Mallards. A Great
>Egret was stalking about 100 yards away. That's about all I scrounged up
>from four minutes of ad hoc birding. 
>
>I'm not sure what county the pond was in- I was heading south on 295 just
>before the 695 exit. My car's in the shop, my DeLorme is in the car keeping
>my bins company. Hindsight is 10X50.
>
>Good Birding, 
>Matt
>