Bird Watchers Flock Together For Pittsburgh Eagles

[yortsed snacilbuper]

People who started as strangers have become friends, spending every weekend on a portion of the Great Allegheny Passage trail, gazing upward.

They watch a pair of bald eagles nesting 6 miles from downtown Pittsburgh. They bring lawn chairs and telephoto camera lenses. Some wear binoculars; others are clad in camouflage waiting for the birds to fly overhead to the Monongahela River to hunt for fish.

story
http://wesa.fm/post/bird-watchers-flock-together-pittsburgh-eagles

photos
http://wesa.fm/post/bird-watchers-flock-together-pittsburgh-eagles

eagle cam
http://www.pixcontroller.com/eagles/

[packman]

1. I grew up in a Monongahela river town

Pity the bird catching fish in that river - at least the way it was a few decades ago. Interesting side note, the word "Monongahela" is derived, from my understanding, of an American Indian word meaning, "River whose banks fall in".

[yortsed snacilbuper]

2. The Mon is pretty clean now,

Monongahela name is from when the Indians would cross the river and would throw Wampum into the river to appease the evil spirits, it meant "Money to Hell"