Friday afternoon, around 3 p.m., my cell phone rang. It was Bluffton Police Officer Rhodes. He told me that he spotted two American Bald Eagles in the field across the Maple Crest and wondered if I was interested.
Before his statement was finished I had grabbed my camera and was heading out the door. On my way the cell phone rang again. It was Lynda Best. Her husband saw the eagles and called her. She call me, too.
I have a 300 mm zoom lens for bird watching, so I figured where ever these birds were I could locate them.
For Bluffton High School Pirate track fans, here are important links for those following BHS at this weekend's state track meet. Bluffton girl qualifiers
Julie Althaus 11 4x800R, 4x400R
Alaina Bixel 12 4x200R
Hannah Chappell-Dick 12 4x800R, 4x200R, 800, 4x400R
Alissa Garmatter 12 4x800R
Lydia Guagenti 12 4x200R, 400, 4x400R, HJ
Karli Leugers 11 4x200R
Jill Steinmetz 10 4x800R, 4x400R
Bluffton High School track teams managed an outstanding weekend. At the Tiffin Division III regional meet the girls team scored 52 points to finish in second place. The girls team took two first places and two second places. The girls team won the district meet last weekend. The boys scored 31 points to finish 8th.
Alex Yoder, grandson of Alan and Diann Yoder of Sunset Drive, Bluffton, and son of Mike and Rebecca Yoder, Indianapolis, competed there. So did Misha Kustin, grandson of Durand Dudley, 807 Red Maple Court, Bluffton. Misha's parents are Jane and Boris Kustin of Bloomfield, N.J.
Amy and Jared Byers completed their first full Marathon on Sunday, May 20. They ran the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon and despite temperatures in the 80's they finished smiling.
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