Bird Watching: Happy Birthday MargaretK, 1 by linthicum

linthicum wrote:
Margaret, it is a man-built platform .... very well constructed. The first two photos give you some perspective. The local State Park built this viewing platform right along the Bay so people can observe the waterbirds, sailboats and large boats that are coming into or leaving the Port of Baltimore. It's ideal for a photographer. It has seating and provides adequate shade. The breeze from the Bay adds to the summer pleasure. I only go in the afternoon because by then the Sun is behind me.

I always felt that the last photo tells a real story, at least to me. The parents are on the edge of the platform looking pensively out over the expansive Bay and feeling the exhilaration of having just raised their three healthy children playing in the background. In a another way, it is sad because the family will soon break up and go their separate ways not knowing how the other is doing. But, that is the life of the Osprey.