Military enlists help to solve eagle mystery at Patuxent runway.

[elleng]

'Bald eagles don’t need a long runway to take flight, but they appear to enjoy hanging out on one anyway.

That’s the case for a convocation of as many as 50 eagles that have been gathering on the airstrips at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland on fall mornings — causing problems for the aircraft that need those runways to take off.'>>>

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10564070

(!5 miles from my house. I haven't seen large numbers, but DO catch pics of 1 or 2 occasionally.)

[mopinko]

1. took a cruise to alaska years ago.

stopped in a spot in b.c. where the fishing boats docked.
they were like pigeons outside a popcorn store. boats dumped leftover bait, and processing sheds dumped scraps.
but have been 300 of them just at the one dock we were at.