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Earlier this week, we visited Arny and Tracy in Lancaster, PA, and toured the surrounding area.
It’s a beautiful place with many picturesque farm scenes to see as one travels the small local roads. |
Birding at Middle Creek
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| I’ve already written about the snow geese at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management area. |
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| After seeing the geese, as the sun was about to set, we also saw tundra swans on the water. |
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| Photography through the car window at dusk. |
Downtown Lancaster
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| Throughout the city we saw fascinating murals. (I’ll be posting more of them!) |
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| We also looked around the market, with many artisan and farm stalls. |
Arny and Tracy’s House
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| The kitchen. |
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| Arny doing dishes. |
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The internet router looked like a robot to me.
(I added the eyes with my Apple pencil.) |
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| In the house there are telescopes and other equipment everywhere because Arny is a star watcher! |
Birding at Conowingo Dam
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| Arny and Tracy looking for birds across the Susquehanna River below the dam. |
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| I enjoyed watching this eagle eat its prey. Many eagles and other birds are attracted to this area. |
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| Vultures on the shore of the river below the dam. |
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There’s a large hydro-electric power plant atop the Conowingo Dam, which was built in 1928.
Its generating capacity is 572 megawatts of electricity from 11 turbines, powers 165,000 homes.
It is Maryland’s largest source of renewable energy. |
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| The Conowingo Dam and the power plant. |
Driving Home
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| We chose a clear and pleasant day to drive the PA and Ohio turnpikes. |
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Hello,
ReplyDeleteI love the Snow Geese and the Tundra Swans. Great shot of the Eagle at Conowingo. The Rosetta Nebula image is beautiful. Take care, have a wonderful weekend!
You managed to get some amazing photos. The up close of the eagle is amazing and I don't think I've ever seen snow geese or the Tundra swans. Interesting. I'm only about 2 hours away from Lancaster. Looking forward to seeing the murals...
ReplyDeleteAnd what a more beautiful blue sky on the farm photo.
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots of the snow geese, swans, eagles and vultures. Thank you very much.
The dam is very impressive... and I also love looking at the starry sky.
Many happy greetings to you.
Wow Mae. It looks like you had a nice winter get away. I've enjoyed seeing the birds, your friends and Lancaster too. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteReally still snow! Love the eagle shot most.
ReplyDeleteThe Eagle shot is my favourite.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful captures of the Snow Geese, the Tundra Swans and the Bald Eagle.
ReplyDeleteYou've been to a few of my favorite places, Middle Creek and Conowingo.
We have a Dutch Market near us that we love. Great murals in Lancaster.
Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend.
Hello Mae :=)
ReplyDeleteIt looks like your stay with your friends was most enjoyable, and you did a lot of tourism, The Tundra Swans, Snow Geese,Eagle, and all those vultures are great photos and exciting sightings and I enjoyed seeing them too, as well as the murals and Power Station. Your friend Amy's photo of the Rosetta Nebula is beautiful.
Enjoy your weekend
All the best
Sonjia.
You see so many interesting things when you travel...so many you can not even imagine! Love the little robot! lol Have fun!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and interesting details about the places you visited.
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